getting at
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I think we could be in an Act 2 of that, and that’s what I’m getting at here.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
What are you hoping this documentary will do in terms of making people a little bit more aware of who Elon Musk is and getting at the man behind the curtain, so to speak?
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
“This is a sort of very direct way of getting at their physiology that’s not been possible before.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Working mum-of-three Kinza Butt said the free school meals her son was now getting at Blakenhale Juniors had lifted a "burden off the shoulders".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
I told her that I wasn’t getting at anything, and that I just wanted to know how she felt.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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