get after
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“It doesn’t have the refined refreshing taste with a subtle buzz that I get after cracking open a chilled can of Diet Coke.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Was it better than the reset I get after a massage in the San Gabriel Valley or a hike in the Angeles National Forest?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Moderna needs all the help it can get after a brutal few years.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
"They made a comment, they tried to get after him and spark him up a bit. India tried a different approach and Joe bit back," he told BBC Test Match Special.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025
She washed dishes and tried to scrub the bathtub, but I still had to get after her to hang up her school clothes instead of throwing them on the floor.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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