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The phrase "appear about him" is not standard and may be confusing in written English.
It could be used in a context where one is describing how something seems to surround or be related to a person, but it is not commonly used.
Example: "As the crowd gathered, a sense of unease began to appear about him."
Alternatives: "seem to surround him" or "seem to envelop him".
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But that does not invalidate his overall view about the number of made-up stories that appear about him.
Gingrich, it turns out, is not the dispirited and forlorn little thing that one might anticipate from the few and mostly dismissive references that appear about him in the national press.
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He has often complained about the attention that goes with being a major star, and the stories that have appeared about him.
The prime minister's spokesman conceded that the Tory MP may have "overreacted" after rumours appeared about him in the press, but said he still had David Cameron's "full confidence".
He said that at one point he had become so paranoid about stories appearing about him in the news that the conflict between Israel and Palestine constantly gave him cause for worry when reports on the Gaza strip appeared on the evening news.
Very critical press reports appeared about him after an October visit to Louisville by the Secretary of War, Simon Cameron, and in early November, Sherman insisted that he be relieved.
Earlier this week, a story appeared about him in the Daily Mail, under the headline "Man so petrified of the Kardashians that the sight of semi-naked Kim on TV makes him VOMIT with disgust".
According to Steve Levy's new book on Google, In the Plex, Google CEO Eric Schmidt attempted to have the search engine censor information that appeared about him in its search results.
And — it appears — about as permanent.
Even before the biographies of the artist Francis Bacon began to appear, stories about him were rife.
Signs of struggle appear about halfway through.
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