get past
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Once investors get past the consumer inflation data due out Wednesday, Friday could produce swings in long-end yields, according to strategists at BofA Global.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Macklemore wrote that Sheeran’s “typical apolitical stance was being challenged” amid the public scrutiny and “he couldn’t get past his public facing, ‘I don’t take sides.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Many of their abilities are, for now, locked behind a level of complexity that only die-hard geeks can get past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"It could feasibly be within a few decades that it's actually quite hard to get past Earth's orbit because space is so crowded," Bothwell warned.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Then she turned to me: “You didn’t say anything about this. You didn’t say we had to get past barbed wire!”
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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