work through
phrasal verb
worked through; working through; works through
: to deal with (something that is difficult or unpleasant) successfully
He saw a psychologist to help him work through his depression.
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Stations were also set up for airport staff who worked through the night anticipating the snow that eventually came down Tuesday morning.
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Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 7 July 2025
Hundreds of emergency personnel and volunteers worked through the night searching for those still missing after catastrophic flooding ravaged central Texas and a threat of more rain and flooding loomed.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 7 July 2025
Why work through the messy complexity of friendships with peers when your AI companion never judges, never disagrees and always knows exactly what to say?
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
After that decision, the list of critical problems to work through grew from nine to more than 60 by June 9, according to an internal county memo obtained by the Tribune and Injustice Watch.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
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Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 7 July 2025
Hundreds of emergency personnel and volunteers worked through the night searching for those still missing after catastrophic flooding ravaged central Texas and a threat of more rain and flooding loomed.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 7 July 2025
Why work through the messy complexity of friendships with peers when your AI companion never judges, never disagrees and always knows exactly what to say?
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
After that decision, the list of critical problems to work through grew from nine to more than 60 by June 9, according to an internal county memo obtained by the Tribune and Injustice Watch.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025
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“Work through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20through. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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