get by

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You also, crucially, need to know your current Social Security benefit or your projected future benefit, depending on your situation, which you can get by logging in to your online Social Security account.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

For the people who stayed, survival increasingly means working two jobs to just get by.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Here, Lebanon's migrant workers, among those hit hardest by the fighting, have stepped up to support others in their community now struggling to get by.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Vendors at the market are watching their profit margins dwindle and weighing just how much they can raise prices, aware that many of their customers are also struggling to get by.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

“What about its Marines? Could the world get by without its Marines?”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy