get at
Example Sentences
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"Drag Race is the extra-special prize you get at the end, but it's not the main goal in that way."
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
During breeding season—roughly late April through most of August—they nest in underground burrows on offshore islands where mammalian predators such as mink, rats and foxes can’t get at them or their young.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"We came up with a somewhat ingenious set of methods to get at something very difficult to analyze in the fossil record."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
CEO Jason Liberty told analysts that the company is “effectively miniaturizing” some of its ocean ships to give river passengers what they get at sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
After that came a wonderful mash that Renn made of late lingonberries and hazelnuts, and finally some beechnuts, which they burst by the fire and peeled to get at the small, rich nuts inside.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
