as in assembling
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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In simple terms, MBE allows scientists to build a crystal layer by layer, almost like assembling a structure with atomic-scale LEGO blocks.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026 -
Volunteers worked hard painting and assembling furniture to transform a classroom into a resource room known as Zion's Closet.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Conservationists-in-the-making can join hands-on efforts like removing poacher snares, clearing invasive plants, or collecting data on endangered species.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Mar. 2026
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Florida’s computer infrastructure for collecting and verifying information and determining eligibility is more than 30 years old and is being replaced.—
Daniel Chang,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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As soon as Paz, better known as JOP, swaggers into the building, the members of Fuerza Regida take their seats around a boardroom table like Power Rangers gathering before a mission.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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The crash caused severe front-end damage to the sedan and activated its airbags, video from news-gathering agency OnScene shows.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Yet another new study about the eating practice seeks to put doubts to rest after rounding up data from 22 randomized clinical trials.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Mar. 2026
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Desta said that the Minsk police were going from apartment to apartment, rounding up migrants who had failed to cross and sending some to detention facilities to await deportation; others have been sent to the Russian border and conscripted into the Army, to fight in Ukraine.—
Elizabeth Flock,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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The amendment was designed specifically to prevent any one person from accumulating unchecked executive power — a guardrail the founders themselves failed to install.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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In addition to accumulating draft capital for 2027, this question will have to be part of their war room conversations.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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While there hasn’t been much research on PATM thus far, cases have been reported in a number of countries, and the condition is slowly but surely amassing recognition within the medical community.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
6 Mar. 2026
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Christian Braun played a team-high 40 minutes, amassing 15 points, five rebounds and four assists while bottling up Doncic admirably.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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Embrace a design strategy that focuses on grouping plants in drifts or mass plantings.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Mar. 2026
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Thurmon loves grouping similar hues together.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Bulking (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulking%20%28up%29. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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