as in arrives
to get to a destination
we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall
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Recent Examples of gets through
Yes, Google filters out huge volumes of such trash, but a vast amount still gets through.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Exploremore is a solid, sweet cookie contender that will be available when Girl Scout Cookie season arrives in Orange County.—
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The big number arrives, characters emote, high notes ring and ring and ring again … and the aria subsides unmemorably, without leaving the ozone tang that signals a bolt of musical lightning.—
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The new launch comes just a few months after The Dispatch acquired SCOTUSBlog, the legal analysis website.—
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The pair's conversation comes just after the release of their books.—
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Kitchen Appliances Give your stovetop, oven, and refrigerator a deep clean before daily meal preparation gets in the way.—
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When Tolbert gets in the game, his agenda is to steal a base.—
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His comments come as the right-wing party Reform UK appears to be leading in the polls.—
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Democrats’ most visible strategy appears to be trying to bum a few bucks from the grassroots—when the grassroots’ greatest power is in protest, boycott, and other unified mobilization efforts.—
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“Gets through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20through. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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