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gets out

verb

present tense third-person singular of get out

as in spreads

to become known news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media

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as in escapes

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation tried but couldn't get out of the old well without assistance

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as in publishes

to produce and release for distribution in printed form a romance novelist who got a new book out every year

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Recent Examples of gets out The problem arises when anger becomes a fixation and gets out of control. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 Video shows Rocky did eventually return to his own yard, and a child holding a blanket can be seen chasing the dog before a woman gets out of a black SUV parked in the road. — Katie Houlis, CBS News, 9 May 2026 In the initial script, Becket gets out of jail with Ruth, who had given birth to their child while he was incarcerated, waiting for him. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026 Texas leads when government gets out of the way—AI for prosperity, not control. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026 Invent a drinking game to keep guests interested if the game gets out of hand. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026 The secret gets out After a season at Southern Miss in 2019, Faulkner’s big break finally came when Kirby Smart hired him to coach quarterbacks at Georgia — 20 years after the two men first met. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026 Park stages Man-su’s homicide attempts as slapstick set pieces in which our clumsy antihero himself barely gets out alive. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026 Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda gets out of a Tesla Motor’s Roadster electric car with Tesla Motors Chief Exective Officer Elon Musk (behind car) upon their arrival at a news conference in Tokyo November 12, 2010. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025

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West Nile virus spreads through the bites of infected mosquitoes.

— Jessie Baltaxe, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
But when strange, dangerous things begin to happen to the sleeping clientele, Penny must uncover the mystery before the nightmare spreads beyond the store.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of spreads

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One of the most iconic New England summer escapes, Nantucket is known for its clapboard cottages (and, sure, mega-mansions), sandy beaches, hydrangeas, and elite charm.

— Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026
When the Delgado family escapes their house, they are surrounded by other, far more hostile creatures.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026

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Her office maintains city code functions and publishes ordinances and resolutions retained as official records in the city’s municipal library, according to the city clerk’s office.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
One of the teams that races in Formula E, DS Penske, is part of Penske Media Corporation, which publishes Sportico.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of publishes

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There are still treatments available when cancer has spread to the bones, including therapeutic radiation, which circulates throughout the body and can help relieve discomfort.

— Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
The basket has a chlorine dispenser that can handle 1- and 3-inch tablets to sanitize the water as the S2 circulates around the pool.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of circulates

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Holden eagerly rebels against Pencey Prep, gets the boot, and flees to New York City, a place with its own vices and hazards, but without the sort of propaganda and pretense that obscure the school’s dark underside.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Ulf’s dragon, Silverwing, flees the scene and lives out the rest of her days as a wild dragon.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of flees

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The unexpected electrical issue at the facility that prints The Sacramento Bee and several other regional publications resulted in Monday’s newspaper being distributed digitally only.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
This was all doable without creating any overhangs, so the whole thing still prints without needing supports.

— Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026

Definition of prints

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Those limits determine how much material reaches refiners and manufacturers, regardless of how much ore comes out of the ground.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
And Cody still comes out before the season starts and takes BP, hooks up the kids with some Nike stuff.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 July 2026

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