hereabouts

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Frank Lloyd Wright built eight houses hereabouts, one of them La Miniatura in Pasadena, which he said he “would have rather built … than St. Peter’s in Rome.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

For a local/family-owned/sustainable/etc. option that’s easy to find hereabouts, Snoqualmie Ice Cream’s vanilla bean, made with Madagascar vanilla extract, is dense, velvety and not tooth-hurtingly sweet.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023

There are so many skulls on churches hereabouts, actually, they started to feel like clues.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2020

For a sense of how rare such moments of sports bliss are hereabouts, the last time the Wizards won a home game in the conference semifinals was in 1979.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2015

“If you can’t find any of their members hereabouts, go down Fifth Street, south of Walnut. They hold meetings there, where they’re building a church. You’ll find someone there to help, I’ll wager.”

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson