as in to spread
to become known
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
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The Osborn Correctional Institution got about 7,700 bottles of water and nine portable toilets, and the roughly 620-inmate Cybulski Correctional Institution received about 5,800 bottles and 10 portable toilets.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025
The puzzle editors get about 200 submissions emailed to us every week.
—Christina Iverson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Room for improvement Despite the small engine, the 4Runner only got about 21 MPG city/highway combined.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Students who apply for and receive a scholarship will get about $10,500 to pay for tuition at an alternative school and students with disabilities will receive up to $30,000.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 4 May 2025
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025
The puzzle editors get about 200 submissions emailed to us every week.
—Christina Iverson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Room for improvement Despite the small engine, the 4Runner only got about 21 MPG city/highway combined.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Students who apply for and receive a scholarship will get about $10,500 to pay for tuition at an alternative school and students with disabilities will receive up to $30,000.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get about
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But some storefronts have shuttered as fear has spread, said Marie Jean-Francois, 45, one business owner there.—
Mark Bonamo,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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That’s the message that national weather forecasters, emergency management directors and public officials also are spreading as this year’s Atlantic hurricane season starts today and continues through Nov. 30.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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The video was circulated online by social media accounts, many of whom appear to be European and American right-wing profiles that are typically critical of Macron, who used the incident to question his relationship with his wife or to attack his masculinity.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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In a video circulated widely on social media, three officers stand guard while a fourth tries to handcuff Erin, then slings her to the ground face first.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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The last two batters might as well have ducked out the way on strike three, nervous that Winter’s 90-something mph fastball was headed straight for their shoulders, only to be greeted with the break of a slider good enough to get out professional hitters.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
26 May 2025
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Mitchell stopped the car and both of them got out, then Mitchell hit Hill in the head and body with a bat, according to deputies.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
26 May 2025
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In cases of orchestrated terror attacks, using a vehicle lets people get around counter-terrorism efforts that make access to firearms and explosives difficult, Schuurman added.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
27 May 2025
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So Akasha created a convoluted laundering setup designed to get around US laws requiring crypto exchanges to know the identities of their customers.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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