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• Those who lost the least missed out on about $8,000 a year.
  — Marc Cohen, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
• Located on about 83 acres at the south end of the city, all but nine acres of the mall are owned by the city.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
• But on about my eighth cast to it, the egg fly just disappeared, the fish then moved, and took off.
  — Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023
• The comet will come closest to the sun, inside the orbit of Mercury, on about Sept. 17.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• The prices on about 1,500 items have already been cut, and all the remaining price changes will be in place by the end of the summer.
  — Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
• Black struggled for years on about $500 a week but slowly found his comedic voice.
  — Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• Yet in another sense it’s based on about twelve things.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
• The range sits on about 30 acres and includes a target practice and a dog training course.
  — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• It is based on about 2 million searches in 100 metro areas.
  — Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• While neither Ryan nor Hassie spoke out about the rumor at the time, there’s no denying now that fans were spot on about them.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 14 Apr. 2023
• Carvalho went on about the challenges his district has faced this school year.
  — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
• The three-story townhomes will be built on about 10 acres of low, flat land within the site, where the buildings will not block views from nearby homes.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2023
• Given that VCs cater to a select few, fail on about 80%, and need home runs to pay for the failures, the question looms: can Gates make a dent and leave a legacy?
  — Dileep Rao, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• The zigzags represent movement, the researchers said, and have been seen on about 12% of the carvings at Toro Muerto.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
• This is a brilliant shot of the Moon, with the light from Earth shining on about 75 percent of the lunar surface and the remainder brightly lit by the Sun.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2023
• The prose was based on about 6,500 words of plot beats, mostly the result of me heavily rewriting the AI’s suggestions.
  — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 24 May 2023
• Parker’s human was reading and had no idea what Parker was on about.
  — Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
• There will undoubtedly be a lot of shenanigans going on about all of this.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
• Prices are already reduced on about 1,500 items, according to a news release, with more to come over the summer.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 May 2024
• Phillips has been going on about Biden’s age for some time now, apparently.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
• The two-story build sits on about half an acre with four bedrooms plus two-and-a-half baths in a tent-like structure that’s finished in plaster and dark wood trim.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
• But the retired brick layer, who survives on about $1,000 a month, says air conditioning is out of reach.
  — Jesse Bedayn, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
• The city of Mobile would have to take on about $1.3-1.6 million in up-front capital costs if any territory were to be annexed, the study notes.
  — Margaret Kates | [e-mail], al, 4 Apr. 2023
• Pay close attention while the host rambles on about remodelling the guest room and her new Tempur-Pedic mattress.
  — Emily Menez, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
• Banks were sitting on about $620 billion in unrealized losses at the end of last year, according to the FDIC.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
• Kelly was more eloquent (hard to believe) in his comments about Caleb Williams than was Riley, who waxed on about … himself.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• In the Hamptons, summer types don’t wax on about make-believe fishing docks or get overly nostalgic about a mom-and-pop donut shop.
  — Holly Peterson, Town & Country, 31 Aug. 2023
• The program will be located on about 6 acres of land previously used as a parking lot.
  — The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
• It was surrounded by a big fence on about an acre and a half of property, always snowed in, and six of my seven kids were there, sometimes all seven.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
• She’s called into a meeting with a studio head played by Danny Huston, who waxes on about her talents and charms.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024