get on

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Recent Examples of get on Most people ignore that feeling and get on the elevator anyway. Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 24 Sep. 2025 The new service is an extension of the special treatment dogs get on Bark Air flights. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025 The next day, Mel throws a pool party at the mansion — and Nicolle the yoga instructor gets on the other ladies’ nerves by hanging all over Mel and making out with him in the pool in front of everyone. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2025 The escalator lurched to a halt just after the pair got on. Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for get on
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get on
Verb
  • This was big news in an evolving saga of how college athletics departments, facing seismic financial change, would manage to cope with growing costs like revenue-sharing with athletes.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike other forms of stress, exercise stress is a good thing, because the body copes with it in a positive way.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many of those that still produce a large share of their products in cities and towns such as Geneva, Vevey, and Zurich—like Nestlé’s Nespresso coffee arm, DSM-Firmenich, and heavy industrial equipment makers like ABB and Hitachi Energy—are unusual in being able to do so competitively.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But, to do you any good, squeezing the veins must propel the blood in the right direction, toward the heart.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Here a miserable delivery boy gets by disposing of mummies recovered in Iquique, North of Chile.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • That, however, was when Bills defensive tackle Deone Walker quickly got by Dolphins guard Daniel Brunskill and into Tagovailoa’s face, forcing the franchise quarterback to fire a pass toward Jaylen Waddle that linebacker Terrel Bernard easily snagged.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • October does not typically begin with flannel-and-jeans weather, but Louisville is supposed to be gradually trending in that direction as the month progresses.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The timing fits in with recent high-profile demonstrations of new ballistic and hypersonic systems and acknowledged long-range tests, reinforcing that China is progressing in several areas.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Manes and Bukele got along well.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Before attending the show, Streep and Wintour, 75, met each other and the pair appeared to get along splendidly, as seen in a video posted on Instagram by Vogue.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The court will decide whether to extend McElroy’s TRO into a longer preliminary injunction, which would keep the FEMA homeland security grants available while the case proceeds.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Robinson's Monday court appearance was for a waiver hearing to determine whether the defense forces prosecutors to present probable cause before the case proceeds.
    Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After receiving the opening kickoff, the Hawks marched up the field in just over two minutes, as senior running back Kyle Celestin bowled over a tackler on his way to the end zone for a nine-yard touchdown rush.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • In the first minutes, after the group of influencers, athletes, models, podcasters and actors are driven into the the desert in Morocco, their military manhandlers storm the bus and put black hoods over the heads, marching them into the unknown.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The production came just in time to help the Angels (72-88) put a serious dent in the Astros’ chances of going to the playoffs.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Mornings taste better with a fresh fruit smoothie and sunrise on your deck, and the always smiling and hospitable resort staff keeps the surprises coming—maybe a floating breakfast one day or champagne at dusk the next.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Get on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20on. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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