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as in spread
to become known
news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media
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as in escaped
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 published
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 got out
But word got out and large crowds of people overran the land and destroyed nearly everything Sutter had.
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
The source, who was not authorized to speak, said the suspect then got out of the car, ran up to the sergeant’s vehicle and opened fire, wounding the sergeant.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
The hot start dwindled in the second half, and after completing 10 of his first 14 passes, Loftis missed 12 of his next 22 passes, tapering off as the game got out of hand.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
An executive from another competitor, Halco (which was sold and got out of the Halloween business long before Ben Cooper and Collegeville), credited the boom in licensed costumes to the rise in TV.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 24 Oct. 2025
Entering a guilty plea in 2023 and stepping down from the Binance top job, Zhao got out of prison after four months in September 2024.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
When an agent got out of the vehicle, Martinez drove at the agent, who fired about five shots at Martinez, the complaint states.
—Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Once word got out about her treatments, her list of devotees started growing; like Hamilton, some of her more famous clients became friends.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
Woo got out of the inning without doing further damage, but Springer's day was done.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
The source, who was not authorized to speak, said the suspect then got out of the car, ran up to the sergeant’s vehicle and opened fire, wounding the sergeant.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
The hot start dwindled in the second half, and after completing 10 of his first 14 passes, Loftis missed 12 of his next 22 passes, tapering off as the game got out of hand.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
An executive from another competitor, Halco (which was sold and got out of the Halloween business long before Ben Cooper and Collegeville), credited the boom in licensed costumes to the rise in TV.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 24 Oct. 2025
Entering a guilty plea in 2023 and stepping down from the Binance top job, Zhao got out of prison after four months in September 2024.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
When an agent got out of the vehicle, Martinez drove at the agent, who fired about five shots at Martinez, the complaint states.
—Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Once word got out about her treatments, her list of devotees started growing; like Hamilton, some of her more famous clients became friends.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
Woo got out of the inning without doing further damage, but Springer's day was done.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got out
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Almost immediately after oversight of TikTok’s US operations changed, misinformation started to spread about changes to the app’s new terms of service, including those that applied to location sharing and data collection, Fiesler said.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Families who never qualified say their costs are rising, too, as insurers spread the increases across the entire market.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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One friend of mine, a former student, has escaped with her husband and baby to a remote island in northern Wisconsin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Shortly after being resentenced, Thompson escaped from the Harris County jail in Houston by walking out the front door virtually unchallenged by deputies.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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The Orange County Register also published details of a February 2025 state investigation that found troubling practices at the hospital, which serves many poor and vulnerable patients.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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The dramatic sequence unfolded Wednesday afternoon near Notre Dame Avenue and West Julian Street, in the shadow of Highway 87, and drew widespread attention after videos circulated showing the suspect on the ground and being struck by a trailing police vehicle as gunshots rang out.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Sinaloa Attorney General’s Office has circulated a missing persons bulletin, saying that Pardo was last seen on January 20 in the Isla Musalá neighborhood of Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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The gunman fled and was later spotted making his way uptown on a bicycle.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Millions of Venezuelans have fled political unrest, mass unemployment and hunger.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Younger also shared a few black-and-white photos, including one of her and her husband holding their baby girl in the hospital and another of Arya wearing a onesie with her name printed on the front.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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As Texas governor a decade ago, Rick Perry printed his felony mug shot on a T-shirt for supporters.—
Brandon Rottinghaus,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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The 44-year-old quarterback, who came out of retirement last month and started three games with the Indianapolis Colts, interviewed with the Bills on Friday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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His prototype, which came out with the 20th anniversary, showed that controller support was possible.—
David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Russia has previously got around these signal blockers by using drones controlled by fiber optic cables.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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After half an hour of folksy disquisition, Petro finally got around to describing the conversation.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
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