as in spread
to become known
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
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Recent Examples of got about
Out of that payout, DTLA got about $455,000, the bar filings said.
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Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Fujimori garnered just over 17% of the votes while Sánchez got about 12% in a crowded field of candidates in the first round of voting in April.
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ABC News,
1 June 2026
Cavanagh got about $20 million worth of company stock in March, as per usual.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of DHS, got about $86 billion.
—
Anne Toomey McKenna,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2026
The Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn home was first put on the market in October 2025 for $7,995,000, and was later reduced to $7,300,000 in January 2026, meaning the buyers got about $1 million off the original asking price.
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Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
Bloomington got about a half-inch less.
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Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
Former Chief Deputy Rodney Collins took about 27% of the vote, and former Detention Officer Antwain Nance got about 8%.
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Ryan Oehrli
march 4,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
Moth Days, in a relatively fleet process, got about a year and a half.
—
Christopher Bonanos,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Fujimori garnered just over 17% of the votes while Sánchez got about 12% in a crowded field of candidates in the first round of voting in April.
—
ABC News,
1 June 2026
Cavanagh got about $20 million worth of company stock in March, as per usual.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of DHS, got about $86 billion.
—
Anne Toomey McKenna,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2026
The Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn home was first put on the market in October 2025 for $7,995,000, and was later reduced to $7,300,000 in January 2026, meaning the buyers got about $1 million off the original asking price.
—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
Bloomington got about a half-inch less.
—
Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
Former Chief Deputy Rodney Collins took about 27% of the vote, and former Detention Officer Antwain Nance got about 8%.
—
Ryan Oehrli
march 4,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
Moth Days, in a relatively fleet process, got about a year and a half.
—
Christopher Bonanos,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got about
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Flames raced through rows of vehicles at a Rancho Cordova salvage yard Friday evening, engulfing between 50 and 100 vehicles before more than 70 firefighters contained the blaze and kept it from spreading to neighboring businesses.
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If using grounds, apply in 1 to 2-inch deep layers and make sure the coffee is spread in an unbroken line so slugs and snails won’t cross it.
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That system has allowed plans to be widely circulated for public input, and for the leasing, permitting, and administration of plans to be predictable and orderly.
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An internal memo, circulated in December 2025 and first reported by the Washington Post this week, states that Department of the Interior employees, including National Park Service staff, are not permitted to confirm deaths that take place in federal park facilities.
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The crew and the two witnesses said one of the three men got out with a dog and then moved aggressively towards the crew while shouting racial slurs targeted at the photographer.
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Bungie quickly got out a few nerfs to items or bugs that were trivializing every boss encounter in the game, but if there is one outlier overpowered meta, that’s just going to stay.
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Was remembers the tumult, violence and hope that came out of that era in his hometown of Detroit.
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After all that math, Lake Garda, Italy, came out on top with a near-perfect score of 90/100.
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