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as in to cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night
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as in to progress
to move forward along a course
the preparations for the party are getting along just fine
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Recent Examples of get along
At this year’s FIFA Congress, in Vancouver, Infantino invited Palestinian and Israeli delegates to the front to show that, in the world of soccer, all people get along.
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Then again, those two haven't historically gotten along, so perhaps Austin did punt him into next week for no apparent reason.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
But the Gen-X icons reportedly got along swimmingly and have long referred to each other as husband and wife because of their wedding scene.
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
Potatoes Potatoes and sunflowers don't get along because of the chemicals that sunflowers release.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Then again, those two haven't historically gotten along, so perhaps Austin did punt him into next week for no apparent reason.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
But the Gen-X icons reportedly got along swimmingly and have long referred to each other as husband and wife because of their wedding scene.
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
Potatoes Potatoes and sunflowers don't get along because of the chemicals that sunflowers release.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get along
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Amid fears of how Kvaratskhelia would cope with the difficulties, his long-time youth coach, Vladimer Kakashvili, made a proposal.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Severe weather alerts are in effect across Western Europe as millions cope with extreme temperatures.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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As the case progressed, McBride reached for a startling variety of arguments to discredit Hadley’s claims about the Tates.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Corfino has been working on the Fast & Furious coaster for about a decade as the project progressed from blue sky to green light.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
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Rather than attacking all rapidly growing cells, as chemotherapy does, the drug targets a key cancer-driving pathway known as KRAS, which is involved in more than 90% of pancreatic tumors.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
5 June 2026
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Ionic liquids are essentially salts that stay in liquid form even in the vacuum of space, which very few materials can do.—
Omar Kardoudi
June 05,
New Atlas,
5 June 2026
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The Brewers proceeded to blow up the game against reliever Jaden Hill, who served up a two-run homer to Gary Sanchez and ended up giving up five runs on four hits and two walks in one-third of an inning.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
8 June 2026
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Once the plane is in position, TaxiBot disconnects and the aircraft proceeds with takeoff as normal.—
David Szondy
June 07,
New Atlas,
7 June 2026
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Josh, who wants to be an investigative journalist, is an idealist in a PBS T-shirt (and with a PBS tote bag) who gets by on family money and is incapable of taking care of himself in any practical way.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Aric Dunmore, 33, has spent much of his life homeless, working odd jobs to get by.—
Kamal Morgan
May 29,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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Activists were marching through the Bronzeville neighborhood on Wednesday evening to raise awareness for the dozens of unsolved cases of missing and murdered Black and Brown women and girls in Chicago.—
Shardaa Gray,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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In both cases, outsiders arrived amid shifting political and business winds and made clear that anyone unwilling to get on board could leave.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.—
Joanna Ossinger,Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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In his almost but not quite valedictory acceptance speech, the 80-year-old Lithgow acknowledged that this Tony win, his third, comes 53 years after his first — and feels every bit as satisfying.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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The attack comes amid heightened security around Madison Square Garden, which lies directly above the busy intercity railroad station, where the New York Knicks are hosting the San Antonio Spurs for Games 3 and 4 on Monday and Wednesday.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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