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We don't see a lot of snow hereabouts.
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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
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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
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“Hereabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hereabouts. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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hereabouts
adverb
here·abouts
ˈhi(ə)r-ə-ˌbau̇ts 
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: near or around this place : in this vicinity
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