getting on
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The flight went on as planned, but these men knew my grandfather and heard that his daughters were getting on the plane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Why judge other people for not getting on the property ladder?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Lee added: "I would love to know how he is getting on so if he or one of the girls was with him, could contact me that would be amazing."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
They are also fearful of getting on her bad side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
I would’ve vastly preferred to have disappeared in that moment; instead of getting on the phone I wanted to dissect this conversation somewhere else, somewhere by myself.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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