How to Use get around in a Sentence
get around
verb-
The students had found a way to get around the system in place to block that.
— Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2022 -
Melody uses a power wheelchair to get around and is unable to speak with her voice.
— Jaclyn Greenberg, Parents, 21 Nov. 2024 -
Cleaning can be a very mundane task, which is another reason many of us don’t get around to it.
— Jacqueline Pinedo, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022 -
Organizers have worked to rectify that this year with bus stops to help shoppers get around the city.
— Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024 -
Republicans are trying to get around the veto by putting the ban in the state constitution.
— Scott Bauer, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022 -
This isn't happening just because employees are trying to get around IT.
— Rajat Bhargava, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 -
How to get around the fact that heavy snowfall often closes the serpentine stretch of Highway 2 leading up to the resort?
— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024 -
That sort of drastic reduction would require a major, rapid rethinking of how people get around globally.
— Alan Jenn, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2022 -
Investors rarely try to get around a poison pill by buying shares beyond the threshold set by the company, according to securities experts.
— New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022 -
Then in 2016, Oakland designed the first program that used proxies for race to get around affirmative action.
— Amanda Chicago Lewis, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2022 -
To get around this impasse, the OpenAI founders devised a new structure for the organization, one with little precedent in the tech world.
— New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 -
Weekday and weekend programs can make use of the same group of correspondents, and Bennett can get around the nation’s capital more easily when national news breaks.
— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 31 Mar. 2022 -
Abbott’s overreach has caused hours-long delays at other international bridges where commercial truckers have gone to get around blockades and secondary inspections.
— Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Apr. 2022 -
The Russian Standard brand was gone, perhaps because it was started by a guy who started a bank to get around Russian laws about advertising vodka.
— James Lileks, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022 -
Sounds easy enough to get around – just use a pure form of CBD.
— Zoe Li, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023 -
The Red Sox and Orioles could have used a raft to get around the rainy field.
— Dan Gelston, ajc, 21 Aug. 2022 -
Villagers get around on foot and wash their clothes in the lake.
— John Corrigan, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024 -
Abel Lopez cashed in, getting around Rolon to score and open a 1-0 lead.
— Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023 -
Now, the Rangers must turn their own page and change the book that’s getting around on them.
— Evan Grant, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023 -
Uche has shown nice bend to get around the edge this summer.
— Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022 -
How did the witch get around when her broomstick broke?
— Julia Ludlam, Country Living, 20 July 2022 -
Bike – Riding a bike is the preferred way to get around Black Rock City.
— Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024 -
When in Copenhagen, do as the locals do and get around by bike.
— David Nikel, Forbes, 25 July 2022 -
If Texas is any guide for Georgia, some will still try to get around the state ban.
— Tamar Hallerman, ajc, 6 May 2022 -
Electric bikes are at the ready for getting around town.
— Jennifer Salerno, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2023 -
Bell was playing catch-up in the latter stages of the race but couldn’t get around the No. 5 down the front stretch.
— Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023 -
Users can get around the restriction with a VPN, though.
— Michael Kan, PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024 -
But once news got around to her clients, the reception was mixed.
— Jasmine Browley, Essence, 6 May 2024 -
Pollsters say her party could get around 7% of the vote.
— Jan M. Olsen, ajc, 1 Nov. 2022 -
Make sure the money is spent to maximize the roads and airports to get around the largest state in the union.
— Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022
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