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From a fresh-faced online influencer to a go-getting entrepreneur they are all shown scheming to get the men to lavish money and gifts on them.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

“I don’t know that it matters what kind of mom she is,” she said, noting that the go-getting men of prestige television have not been subject to the same critique.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2023

Denny’s 15-year-old sister, Cissy, a no-nonsense, go-getting “mulish queen,” insists on tagging along and scouring the landscape until her brother is found.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

Commercially successful artists, especially ones who are openly aiming for massive success or who have sustained stardom, tend to be dinged for being go-getting.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2017

Attorney's office in Chicago had a tight relation with the Secret Service, especially go-getting Chicago-based agent Timothy Foley.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce