hereabouts

variants or hereabout
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Adverb
  • Pancho Morris, who flew in from Ohio, had never been to a World Cup match before.
    Kenny Choi, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Arda Güler helped Turkey get on the board with a goal 10 minutes in.
    Jaclyn Hendricks, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Adverb
  • The sides that are going to be there or thereabouts are now there or thereabouts.
    SI.com, SI.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The big brands are scrambling to design V4 liter bikes—sport bikes with 1000cc engines, or thereabouts—and making major noise about the V4’s triumphant return to public roads.
    Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2019
Adverb
  • Another climber, who was not part of the woman's party, happened to be nearby and was able to help the woman, remaining with her group until responders arrived, per the Forest Service.
    Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • After reviewing the security footage, McCurnin noticed the suspect appeared to be traveling on an electric scooter and believed the person likely lived nearby.
    Velvet Wu July 1, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Adverb
  • Elliot Anderson and Declan Rice should continue in midfield, but Jude Bellingham must drop closer during build-up.
    Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • When the two ends are brought close together, the magnet helps the connector automatically align and snap into place.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026
Adverb
  • Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • While physical disc sales continue to decline, the Devil 2 release is fitting given that the original film’s popularity on DVD along with other ancillaries helped justify making a sequel after two decades.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 June 2026
Adverb
  • If tickets are hard to come by, do not promise a night out until the seats are confirmed.
    Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
  • This looks like great news for George, who found first-team minutes hard to come by before joining Everton on loan at the end of the January transfer window.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 29 June 2026
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