work through
phrasal verb
worked through; working through; works through
: to deal with (something that is difficult or unpleasant) successfully
He saw a psychologist to help him work through his depression.
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Miller is navigating through the kinks, continuing to get acclimated with the taping of his wrist — something he’s been instructed to do — and working through the rust associated with not playing in an actual competitive game for nine months.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
No one has been found alive in the search and investigators are working through the scene foot by foot, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said.
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The applicant, Adam Janesz, has been working through a planning process with Oconomowoc city officials for the building, which, according to city documents, would be built for Caribou Coffee as a future tenant.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
But new research has found that watching the increasingly popular genre can compound the trauma that the friends and families of victims have to work through.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
No one has been found alive in the search and investigators are working through the scene foot by foot, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said.
—Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
The applicant, Adam Janesz, has been working through a planning process with Oconomowoc city officials for the building, which, according to city documents, would be built for Caribou Coffee as a future tenant.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
But new research has found that watching the increasingly popular genre can compound the trauma that the friends and families of victims have to work through.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Work through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20through. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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