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"hear about something" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to learn or find out about something through hearing it from someone else or through the grapevine. Example: I heard about the new job opening at the marketing company from a friend.
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I wouldn't be surprised to hear about something terrible happening to him.
"Consumers, doubtless, when they hear about something like this, the cautionary principle kicks in," he said.
If children are going to hear about something, they really should hear about it from you.
But when you talk to people in their 20s, you also hear about something else: cohabitation as prophylaxis.
And then, facing a sea of rejections, they hear about something like Barbara Bush's dog getting a book deal.
"I'd hear about something that was really interesting that was 250 kilometers north and I thought, I'm not going to stick to rules; what's the point?
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Then he heard about something he had never dreamed of.
If my mum hears about something I get a text.
I recalled this first principle of investing when I heard about something called the Larry Portfolio earlier this year.
Around the same time, he heard about something called the Macintosh, this time through another sibling.
But if the public hears about something fresh and new, they're onto it immediately".
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