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Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting (away)
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Additional video footage shows that on July 7, after getting off her coach, Ruff went to a white city car — later identified as Reece's vehicle — and remained in the back seat for 20 minutes.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
6 Jan. 2026 -
Anyone getting off at the Lake Street CTA Red Line subway stop on Sunday might have noticed some new signage near the station's stairways to street level.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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Her grandfather, George Craig, had made his way there after escaping enslavement with the aid of John Brown, and was working as a barber in the town of Grinnell.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2026
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Regardless of our paths — whether that meant escaping war in Ethiopia or being the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors — many of us labor under the belief that this work requires us to commit to the ideals of this nation and not the indignation and nightmare of the insurrection.—
Sarah Ghermay,
Washington Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Getting (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting%20%28away%29. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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