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as in to cope
to meet one's day-to-day needs
despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on
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as in to do
to move forward along a course
find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign
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Trump has also talked about repealing the $7,500 federal tax credit that consumers get on certain EV purchases.
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
Within 45 minutes the killer had escaped New York, police said, heading into Central Park on a bicycle, ditching it on the Upper West Side then getting on a bus at the Port Authority terminal in Washington Heights.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
First day of winter 2024:How much daylight does Indiana get on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year?
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2024
The suspect then got on an electric Citi Bike and fled toward Central Park.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
Within 45 minutes the killer had escaped New York, police said, heading into Central Park on a bicycle, ditching it on the Upper West Side then getting on a bus at the Port Authority terminal in Washington Heights.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
First day of winter 2024:How much daylight does Indiana get on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year?
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2024
The suspect then got on an electric Citi Bike and fled toward Central Park.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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With more extreme wildfire events presumably on the horizon, the scientists stressed the importance of equipping doctors with better tools to cope with such circumstances.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
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Use Coping Skills There are many healthy coping skills that people who have PTSD can use at work to relax while re-experiencing trauma.Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Artificial intelligence models do much more than generate (occasionally accurate) text responses and (somewhat) realistic videos.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2024
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Most people never do this exercise because seeing the gap between their current reality and their dreams feels painful.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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It should be noted that partially sighted users who are able to work their phone's touchscreen can get by using just the Seekr app and the phone's camera.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2024
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In the end, the Heat got by with 27 points from Herro, despite his 4-of-12 3-point shooting, and 22 from Duncan Robinson, with Butler limited to six points and Bam Adebayo to eight.Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
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Those fires have stopped progressing, according to the California Wildfire Tracking account on X, formerly Twitter.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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To the other characters, time seems to be progressing normally, but each time the clock strikes midnight, the day spins backwards and wipes the slate—and their memories—clean.Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Jessica Parker plays Meredith, a woman struggling to get along with her boyfriend Everett's (Dermot Mulroney) judgmental family, the Stones.Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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But most of these guys don't get along with [the] big tech crowd — these are many of our top builders.Axios, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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If the plant’s current automation lacks the versatility to optimize integration with AI—or simply cannot benefit from it—then that opens the way for other questions about how to proceed.Massimo Bizzi, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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In a ruling in October, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt allowed Kennard and Bowling to proceed to trial and pursue punitive damages.Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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Images The votes hadn’t yet been tallied, but the crowds marched past her restaurant carrying a coffin draped in the red, white, and blue colors of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).Justice Baidoo, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
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The claim: Image shows protesters in South Korea marching toward presidential palace in December 2024 A Dec. 4 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes an aerial image that shows a mass of demonstrators in a city.Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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But the committee went with the ACC this time, putting 11-2 SMU in the field as the last at-large team, the No. 11 seed with a first-round trip to Penn State on the docket, and leaving 9-3 Alabama out.Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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This lovely man who was quite a dear friend, having worked together so closely, he was simply gone.Rachel Martin, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Get on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20on. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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