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Discover LudwigThe phrase "showing around" is correct and usable in written English.
It means to give someone a tour or guide them through a place or area. Example: When my cousin visited from out of town, I spent the day showing her around the city. We went to all the popular tourist attractions and tried some local restaurants.
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Both have hefty net negative scores, with most polls showing around twice as many saying that they are doing badly than saying they are doing well.
Following the release of a video by Boko Haram earlier this week, showing around 130 of the abducted teenagers, Mungo Park escorted a group of girls who had managed to escape and relatives of those still missing to the nearby town of Maiduguri to identify the captives.
The footage posted online this week by Boko Haram, showing around 130 of the girls dressed in hijabs, was a proof-of-life video but it did not indicate where or when it was made.
I really wanted to see the video reach 1 million hits by the end of this week but MySpace is only showing around 550,000.
A Mrs. Krinsly had just written an essay on the Judge she was showing around.
"This wasn't just a funny PDF that I was showing around.
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Vanderbilt Mansion, shown around 1901.
We asked to be shown around.
They were shown around by curator Alice Black.
The film was shown around the world in several languages.
It will also be shown around the world.
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