getting on
Example Sentences
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He "is purely focused on governing. He is getting on with the job of doing just that," the spokesman told reporters.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Six or eight, I'd say - you know, getting on the ball, finding the attacking players and getting them the ball early in the pockets and letting them do their stuff.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Americans are uneasy about the Iran war and unhappy about higher gas prices, a new survey showed, but they are also getting on with their lives two months after the conflict started.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
“Anything else that you’re getting on Lynch?” the intelligence operation’s manager asks in the July 15 recording.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
“This soup is really getting on my nerves,” Caroline whispered in my ear as she walked by the stove to get some water from the kitchen faucet.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
