get somewhere
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“But it would have gotten people’s attention. They would have known to get inside and try to get somewhere safe.”
From Washington Post
She and her two children and her mother and father, who lived nearby, would join a church group and try to evacuate toward Kyiv, and then get somewhere safe from there.
From Seattle Times
"I just stood in the street - I had 3% battery and I looked at my battery and I thought if my phone dies and I'm standing here and the embassy aren't here, then what's going to happen? And the Taliban are literally advancing on to this area, I need to get somewhere safe - I need to go inside," she said.
From BBC
“In Atlantica, you can duplicate your legs. If you need four legs to get somewhere faster, you can do that.”
From Los Angeles Times
“The found remains — a skull with a bullet hole — that seems like you’re just beginning to get somewhere” in investigating the deaths, state Rep. Regina Goodwin told KJRH-TV.
From Seattle Times
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