Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
You use ~ to refer to a whole area or to all the places in a particular area.
Working people ~ object to paying taxes...
We went ~ together...
Dust is ~...
People come here from ~ to see these lights.
ADV: n ADV, ADV after v, be ADV, oft from ADV, ADV cl/group
2.
You use ~ to refer to all the places that someone goes to.
Bradley is still accustomed to travelling ~ in style...
Everywhere he went he was introduced as the current United States Open Champion.
ADV: ADV after v, oft ADV cl/prep
3.
You use ~ to emphasize that you are talking about a large number of places, or all possible places.
I saw her picture ~...
I looked ~. I couldn’t find him.
ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, ADV with cl emphasis
4.
If you say that someone or something is ~, you mean that they are present in a place in very large numbers.
There were cartons of cigarettes ~...
ADV: be ADV, ADV after v