get past
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Shares in International Business Machines declined on Thursday as investors struggled to get past the technology company’s previous weak set of financial results.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Glasnow didn’t have another runner get past first until the fifth when, when he issued his second walk of the inning with two outs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Such changes can make infections more severe, and may mean they get past the immune system because people haven't encountered them before.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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
I’d started to read one of his books, but I couldn’t get past the second page.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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