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Recent Examples of hereabouts
Clearly someone wants to scare them off from uncovering whatever dark hidden truth controls much of life (and death) hereabouts.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
Blame the damp and moderate climate hereabouts or the particular ardor of the northern red-legged frog, but our target species is ready to hop anytime between early November and the middle of March.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
Back before the local teams began winning national championships, the Beanpot was indeed an end in itself, a year’s worth of bragging rights and a significant recruiting tool hereabouts.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
The 21st century has been very, very good to the sports fans hereabouts.
—Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022
Or maybe the good people of Shell Lake and hereabouts earned it by putting out the small-town, big-hearted welcome mat.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
Unfortunately, there was not enough room to accommodate the huge crowd that came to the Energy Center last month for the discussion about what to do about tree loss hereabouts.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2020
To meet a certain piano player called Reg Dwight, who I’ve been informed will be somewhere hereabouts.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 28 May 2019
Both our champion and reserve champion were Texas entries not likely to be found hereabouts.
—Mike Dunne, sacbee, 13 Feb. 2018
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
Blame the damp and moderate climate hereabouts or the particular ardor of the northern red-legged frog, but our target species is ready to hop anytime between early November and the middle of March.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
Back before the local teams began winning national championships, the Beanpot was indeed an end in itself, a year’s worth of bragging rights and a significant recruiting tool hereabouts.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
The 21st century has been very, very good to the sports fans hereabouts.
—Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022
Or maybe the good people of Shell Lake and hereabouts earned it by putting out the small-town, big-hearted welcome mat.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
Unfortunately, there was not enough room to accommodate the huge crowd that came to the Energy Center last month for the discussion about what to do about tree loss hereabouts.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2020
To meet a certain piano player called Reg Dwight, who I’ve been informed will be somewhere hereabouts.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 28 May 2019
Both our champion and reserve champion were Texas entries not likely to be found hereabouts.
—Mike Dunne, sacbee, 13 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hereabouts
Adverb
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Applause broke out as Corbet walked in, accompanied by his partner and collaborator, the filmmaker Mona Fastvold, and their ten-year-old daughter, Ada, festive in a pink party dress.Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Our team checks back in, finding triumphs and setbacks.Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
Adverb
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The sides that are going to be there or thereabouts are now there or thereabouts.SI.com, SI.com, 28 Oct. 2019
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Villa will no doubt have their work cut out to avoid the dreaded drop though, and are expected to be there or thereabouts come the end of the season.SI.com, SI.com, 13 June 2019
Adverb
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Others called their parents as the wind blew embers across campus, setting palm trees on fire and drawing orange flames closer and closer to their building.Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Anything which flew close just dropped out of the sky.David Hambling, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Hereabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hereabouts. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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