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whereabouts

[hwair-uh-bouts, wair-] / ˈʰwɛər əˌbaʊts, ˈwɛər- /
NOUN
location
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Days later, the El Dorado Sheriff’s Department issued a public appeal for any information about his whereabouts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

A £10,000 Crimestoppers appeal was offered for information on his whereabouts, and he was arrested days later while attempting to climb out of a window, police said.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

He is currently wanted for questioning by at least one European police force, although his present whereabouts are unknown.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

She usually won’t know precisely where in Los Angeles he is—or, for that matter, the whereabouts of his 15-year-old brother, either.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

It had never been likely that the locket was here at the Ministry, and there was no hope of bewitching its whereabouts out of Umbridge while she was sitting in a crowded court.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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