as in to arrive
to get to a destination
we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall
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Recent Examples of get through
Waldron got through the sixth inning, Adrian Morejón worked the next two innings and Mason Miller closed out the game.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
So what are your means to get through the impossible, not to get around it, not to play the part of somebody else to get through it.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
Shane held an orange one during the conversation, while Rosé described the squishy as essential to getting through her workday.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
Medical professionals and agencies learn about only a small percentage of cases because most people get through a hit of salmonella without hospitalization or a doctor visit.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
So what are your means to get through the impossible, not to get around it, not to play the part of somebody else to get through it.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
Shane held an orange one during the conversation, while Rosé described the squishy as essential to getting through her workday.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
Medical professionals and agencies learn about only a small percentage of cases because most people get through a hit of salmonella without hospitalization or a doctor visit.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for get through
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In another classic tasting-menu move, the menu arrives after the meal, a map to study only once the journey is complete.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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One of the owners told officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that 31 other sloths, from Guyana and Peru, had died — either on the way to the attraction or after arriving and being stored over cold nights in a building with no heat or running water.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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This beguiling wine bar on one of the original streets of Chinatown is a model for how to enter a historic neighborhood respectfully, without erasing what came before.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Then the Solar System Dynamics Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory analyzes the objects that will come closest to Earth, using infrared-scanning telescopes such as NEOWISE to estimate the size of asteroids, especially darker ones that are difficult to see in the visible spectrum.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 May 2026
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Offenders can be difficult to catch if police aren’t able to respond right away, Vittorio and Layman said, as many are able to get in and out of the businesses in just a few minutes and wear masks and gloves to avoid being identified through security camera footage.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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And a Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act sparks a scramble in some Southern states to get in on redistricting before the midterm elections.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The areas most affected by those imminent zoning changes appear to be parts of western Clairemont and eastern Pacific Beach along the Blue Line trolley extension that began running in 2021.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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On the eve of the election, Varga, who had been quiet for months, wrote a Facebook post that appeared to be a tacit endorsement of Orbán.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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“Get through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20through. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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