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around

[uh-round] / əˈraʊnd /


ADVERB
close to a place
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It didn’t disclose financial terms of the deal, but said the business represented around 1% of Reckitt’s net revenue in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

A scream, said county officials, is considered operational noise, and decibel levels should hover somewhere around 50 dBa during peak hours.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

"Pigeons are around us because we put them there."

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

In the meantime, while waiting for these trends to develop and intensify, Gromen is bullish on U.S. electrical infrastructure equities, owing to the bottlenecks around power generation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

I pull the red cloth from around my neck and up over my mouth.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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