as in assembled
to bring together in one body or place
she bulked up her hair with one hand as she reached for the shears with the other
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Across a 90-foot wall at the Orlando Museum of Art, Tommerup assembled three monumental pyramids built from canvases dragged through the ocean and Biscayne Bay, dried in flowering trees and tossed from rooftops at dusk, surrendering part of the creative process to nature itself.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
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Those same instincts run through Dirty Blonde, an album that feels less engineered and more lived-in—shaped in real time rather than assembled from above.—
Desjah Altvater,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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As detailed in the museum’s current exhibition on The Beautiful Game and described by Naylor, soldiers put arms aside, exchanged gifts, collected their dead, sang Christmas songs together and played soccer with each other.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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The group is currently reviewing data collected by sensors placed in dozens of homes in neighborhoods such as Overtown, Little Haiti, and Liberty City.—
Manuel Bojorquez,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Since then, the orange legion has gathered at Henk's to watch the Dutch national team take the field.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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Fans young and old gathered under the KC Live canopy Thursday to watch as Mexico beat South Africa 2-0.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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Here, our editors have rounded up seven things that good Southern hosts always have on hand for unexpected guests.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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The difficulty in obtaining visas and the fear of being rounded up by immigration agents are being blamed, in part, for less-than-expected tourist traffic.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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By looking into how errors accumulated and how deviant the answers were from those expected, the researchers were able to get valuable insights into how the physical system was working.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
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The plant blooms only when sufficient energy is accumulated, making time between flowering unpredictable, spanning from a few years to more than a decade, according to the United States Botanic Garden.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
8 June 2026
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Mosquitoes are grouped for testing according to species, collection site and date.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
12 June 2026
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Officers and enlisted men grouped around nearest radios.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2026
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The adventure content creator had amassed more than 320,000 followers on Facebook, while some of his reels garnered millions of views.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Brown amassed a 107-88 record over two-plus seasons with the Kings, joining Rick Adelman as the only coaches in the Sacramento era to post a winning record.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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“Bulked (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulked%20%28up%29. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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