as in gets (away)
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The problem arises when anger becomes a fixation and gets out of control.
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Video shows Rocky did eventually return to his own yard, and a child holding a blanket can be seen chasing the dog before a woman gets out of a black SUV parked in the road.
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This clears out a large garage floor for storing all kinds of gear and cargo.
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During sleep, adenosine levels drop as the brain restores its energy balance and clears out metabolic byproducts.
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The highest technology will not be the one that escapes nature but the one that learns how to participate in its deepest creative computation.
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On clear, dry nights — like those across much of the interior West — that heat escapes very efficiently into space.
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