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

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

For all the yuppification of the East End, many people have lived hereabouts all their lives and were children during the blitz.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2013

Sweet beets were grown in profusion hereabouts, and were served with almost every meal.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin