get ready
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WMO chief Celeste Saulo said the world needed to get ready for an El Nino which could "exacerbate drought and heavy rainfall and increase the risk of heatwaves both on land and in the ocean".
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Makeup and dressing rooms are being built in, for example, so stars don’t have to get ready in trailers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
“We went to New York and Cancun, we had a blast. We knew we had to get ready, we had to have that peace, because they were going to do this again.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
She’s sleeping well right at this exact moment—but today she woke up every hour from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m., at which point we all had to get up to get ready for the day.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
I sit up and get ready to take notes.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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