How to Use get at in a Sentence

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  • Make sure your citrus tree gets at least 8 hours of sun daily.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2026
  • The group stage is three games long, meaning teams gets at least one Mulligan.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Plant them in a spot where they’re guaranteed to get at least six hours of direct sunlight per day.
    — Heather Bien, The Spruce, 19 July 2026
  • After that, the orca will use its beak to get at the remaining tissue.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
  • Instead of shiny façades, people want to see behind the scenes, to get at the real story.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The trio’s story, the family believes, might be the only way to get at the truth of what happened.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • Fill your pots of pinks with well-draining and slightly alkaline soil, and set them in a spot that gets at least six hours of full sun per day to flourish.
    — The Spruce, 11 July 2026
  • The spindle’s mechanical quirks show just how weird materials science can get at the finest scales of life.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026
  • That kind of testimonial gets at the broader thesis behind the product.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
  • Messi got at the end of a through ball in the box, was one-on-one with Vozinha, and the keeper blocked the legend’s shot with his mid-section.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
  • Unmarried young men lead the rest of the population in sedentary, solo leisure time (a metric that gets at hours spent chasing dopamine hits in front of a screen).
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • What unique regional foods can fans get at Petco Park and Busch Stadium?
    — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • It’s recommended that most adults get at least 600 IU of vitamin D each day.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 14 July 2026
  • About one in five US adults now gets at least some news from online influencers – a figure that rises to nearly four in ten among adults under 30.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Productivity growth, the academic measure of how much better people are getting at generating outputs from inputs, collapsed.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
  • Based on large observational studies and national guidelines, experts recommend getting at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise each week to help lower blood pressure.
    — Laura Schober, Health, 29 June 2026
  • The scout watched Emerson throughout his high school career and is familiar with the noise Witt got at Colleyville Heritage High some 20 minutes from Fort Worth Christian.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 1 July 2026

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