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• One pitch earlier, the lefty-swinging Grisham had to get out of the way of an inside fastball from the left-handed Burke.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
• Along the way, some of those cells have to get out of the way of the rest.
  — Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
• Do the first eight to 10 minutes and get out of the way.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
• God gave you the brains to decide to get out of the way.
  — Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 1 July 2024
• The driver put his foot on the gas and forced them to get out of the way or get run over.
  — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• For this, the government needs to get out of the way as the House passed in HR 1 last year.
  — Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
• The show needs to get out of the way and let those other stories be told.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
• The United States should just get out of the way and stop all aid to all parties.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
• Dial them all in and stay out of the way if things are working.
  — Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
• There is a hole in the bottom for the hose to discreetly connect to the faucet and stay out of the way.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
• Listen to this article Get the ball to Jalen Brunson and get out of the way.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 May 2024
• One person stepped between them and Bailey told them to get out of the way.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• The instinct, for nearly everyone, is to get out of the way.
  — Matt Martell, New York Times, 11 June 2023
• Government’s main role was to simply stay out of the way.
  — Stephen Moore, Orange County Register, 11 Feb. 2024
• The officer saw the Tesla approaching and was able to get out of the way.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• And every actor knows your job as a guest star is to hit your mark, say your line, and stay out of the way.
  — TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
• Get Belinda Carlisle and Diane Warren on the phone and just stay out of the way.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
• The notes from the studio were basically to stay out of the way of the dialogue.
  — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2023
• The runners at the front were able to get out of the way before the SUV struck others and crashed into a lamppost.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• The shot flew directly at Swiatek, who could not get out of the way in time and dropped to the court after being struck.
  — Des Bieler, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
• On the next pitch, Mikolas threw a four-seam fastball up and in on Happ that forced the Cubs outfielder to get out of the way.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
• There's all these things that humans would do to get out of the way and to keep traffic moving that these cars won't do.
  — WIRED, 10 Aug. 2023
• A lot of our job here was to get out of the way of these performances and especially the screenplay, because the script is so well done.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2023
• Video surveillance of the shooting shows Colston then produce a gun, instruct his friends to get out of the way and fire into the car.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
• As a result, a researcher’s incoming net lights up like a Christmas tree, and most fish simply get out of the way.
  — WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
• It’s meant to provide a basic function and then get out of the way, and that’s not the worst thing for a toothbrush app, even if brushing insights would have been nice.
  — PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
• Unknown is if politicians and regulators will get out of the way so that this can happen.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• Binance’s best bet for survival is to sever all ties with Zhao, but its owner seems unlikely to get out of the way.
  — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
• The play happened so fast, Martin said, and Gregory was trying to pick up the tripod to get out of the way when the players ran into her.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
• Give pedestrians and cyclists seconds more to get out of the way of a vehicle that outweighs them by thousands of pounds.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024