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Recent Examples of line up
And McDuffie can line up at nickel, too, if the Rams want to drop Lake back to safety against certain matchups.
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Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026
The 33-year-old has good versatility with an ability to line up at multiple spots across the defensive front.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Other customer-service metrics, like the carrier's churn rate, did not line up with those slumping NPS scores.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
The women would line up to talk to him.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
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Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026
The 33-year-old has good versatility with an ability to line up at multiple spots across the defensive front.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Other customer-service metrics, like the carrier's churn rate, did not line up with those slumping NPS scores.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
The women would line up to talk to him.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for line up
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The garden workspace offers ample room to plant seedlings, mix soil, and organize tools with its flat work surface, drawer, hooks, and shelf.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2026
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LaFayette was one of a delegation of Nashville students who in 1960 had helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which organized desegregation and voting rights campaigns across the South.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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When right-wing accounts claimed in February that Newsom allows dogs to vote in California, Richards responded with a CBS News article reporting that a woman was charged with five felonies for registering her canine.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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These life-size sculptures are fixed to walls with metal supports, placed on chairs to register bodily scale, or positioned on the floor in juxtaposition with larger compositions.—
Li Qi,
Artforum,
6 Mar. 2026
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Why Fiberlayering Is Better Than Fibermaxxing Fiber is often grouped as soluble, insoluble, and resistant starch.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
5 Mar. 2026
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The Dominican Republic and Venezuela are grouped together in Pool D along with the Netherlands, Nicaragua and Israel at Miami’s loanDepot park.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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The one that checks all of the boxes, aligning with the location of my shower, the time of year, and the overall aesthetic of my wedding.—
Alexandra Ditch,
Vogue,
8 Mar. 2026
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However bookish my ideal of it, going to Antarctica aligned with my idea of myself as tough, independent, and not old.—
Cree LeFavour,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Galacticoaster sits four per car, loading attendees parallel in a row via a moving platform.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Haley’s journey, to me, seemed to parallel Yasmin’s a little bit.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2026
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Pull up a chair and order a plate of crispy fried chicken, followed by a doorstop of red velvet cake.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Iran was clearly prepared, especially after the Twelve-Day War, last June, when the President ordered B-2 stealth warplanes to drop bunker-busting bombs on nuclear facilities in Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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In a letter to some of the city’s marquee retailers, including Gucci, Prada and Valentino, Chief Rivetti advised that shoppers trying to pay with debit cards issued by the state’s employment agency should be asked to show identification that matched the name on the card.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Teams would close spring practices by playing a game in front of thousands of their fans, either by matching the offense against the defense or conducting a pregame draft that divided the team into two separate rosters.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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The partnership formed only after Wimbledon, arranged through Tien’s agent, despite the two having lived in the same Southern California tennis orbit for years without ever meeting.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Brick villas arranged in clusters have rooms in browns and creams; most come with balconies facing the Red Sea.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Line up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/line%20up. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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