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as in to cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on
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as in to do
to move forward along a course
find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign
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However, that desire can be addressed simply by getting on a bus.
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Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
My personality is not to get on stage and talk to people, to be the front man.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
This was their second nomination, having first gotten on the ballot back in 2020.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
Inviting someone to an interesting event is a much easier ask than getting on an LP’s schedule for a 30-minute pitch.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
My personality is not to get on stage and talk to people, to be the front man.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
This was their second nomination, having first gotten on the ballot back in 2020.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
Inviting someone to an interesting event is a much easier ask than getting on an LP’s schedule for a 30-minute pitch.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Transferring wealth and technology to the less developed Global South to cope with climate change is part of a much broader discussion, and AI only complicates it.Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Suddenly, the film’s earlier chase sequence is thrown into sharp relief: Shoving a microphone into the police chief’s face wasn’t merely a slick reporting maneuver, but a coping mechanism for trauma.Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
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Flashback: Obama was the last president to win the state of North Carolina and the only Democratic presidential candidate to do so in the previous 20 years.Alexandria Sands, Axios, 26 Oct. 2024
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Frida Giannini and you did a lot of Gucci stuff, including a Gucci doc.Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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What’s so perplexing to liberals about this shift is that many of the people who left the Democratic Party are doing well for themselves; these cities are full of small-business owners, factory workers and retirees with pensions getting by under a Democratic president.Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 26 Oct. 2024
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At first, Kelly scrambled to find a personal aide or home health aide but now the family gets by on her husband’s salary with a construction company.Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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It should be noted that recent advances in artificial intelligence are a source of hope and progress in the analysis of our data, which is very important.J'nai Gaither, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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This week: no new bills were introduced, no bills progressed.Trans Formations Project, Them, 25 Oct. 2024
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In 2021 The New York Times undertook an investigation into the compromises Apple has had to undertake to get along with the Chinese state.Andrew Williams, WIRED, 26 Oct. 2024
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How do Kate Gallego and Ruben Gallego get along today?Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Conversations with Nelson Meigs, whose exit had been in the works for weeks, proceeded the process of end-of-year UTA staff cuts, which kicked off two days ago.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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Having given us not just one but two extremely familiar storylines, McQueen then proceeds to fill up both of them with details, incidents and side players.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Spotted Cow in hand, Yung Gravy marched hundreds of students from a club to the polls at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wednesday.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
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The 10-year Treasury yield has been marching higher this week, topping the 4.25% threshold on Wednesday at the high of the session.Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
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In July, Max went into full paralysis and Freeman left the Dodgers to be with his family at the hospital.Issy Ronald, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Social scapegoating goes hand in hand with slower economic growth.Ian Simmons, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Get on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20on. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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