as in to get
to become affected with (a disease or disorder)
I hope that you're not coming down with a cold
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To me, quality can be part of the formula to get audience.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026 -
Also, the cold weather is forecast to get much worse from Sunday, with temperatures dropping even further and making the time frame for a pause in attacks hard to understand.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Continue reading … OUT IN THE OPEN – Noem says government leaker caught, will be referred for prosecution.—
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FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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One month after the US carried out an attack in Venezuela to capture its president, civilians in the South American country remain caught between uncertainty and expectations of governmental change.—
CNN 9 hr ago,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Their Eyes adopts the documentary mode and is narrated entirely by crowdworkers—specifically, annotators contracted to segment and label images to create training data for self-driving cars.—
Farren Fei Yuan,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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The county contracted with a different vendor called New Flyer to purchase new 60-foot electric buses that are used on the first leg of the county’s new rapid transit busline from Dadeland to Florida City.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Come down (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20down%20%28with%29. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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