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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Boeing is also responsible for developing and assembling the SLS core stage, and was selected to design and manufacture EUS in February 2017.
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Abandoned by his mother as a child, White set out to create not just a band but a family, assembling a sprawling ensemble around a musical and spiritual vision.
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Just ask older women collecting Social Security.
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Police released multiple images of the bust, showing the drugs concealed in large containers as well as officers collecting evidence and detaining a suspect.
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The intuitive Moon in your 10th House of Career and Status squares information-gathering Mercury in your 7th House of Partnership, pulling leadership choices into relational focus.
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Similar storm-clouds are now gathering around Sánchez, a canny politician known for outwitting his opponents.
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Yes, those officials said, federal agents will be on hand at the venues, but, no, ICE won’t be rounding up soccer fans.
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Restaurants close all the time around here, so much so that rounding up these closings is a regular feature in the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
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Fans like Fred blur the boundary between insider and outsider, accumulating subcultural knowledge over time, but without having the roots of a local.
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Qualification runs through June 2028, with athletes accumulating points across World Skate World Cups and World Championships in the initial phase before the field is narrowed for the final Olympic Q-Series from April to June 2028.
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Since SpaceX, which Musk founded, began amassing the orbital satellite constellation in 2019, Starlink has become known for providing service to areas around the world where internet access is often elusive.
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With the passage of Thursday’s law, both sides have agreed to pull their respective measures from the November ballot, halting campaigns that had both parties amassing tens of millions in funding and blanketing the airwaves with ads.
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Unlike standalone projects developed individually, Lightshift is grouping the installations into a larger portfolio.
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The Batch Zero framework aims to speed up the study process by grouping qualified projects of at least 75 MW into one study so ERCOT can assess demand, allocate grid capacity and identify transmission upgrades.
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“Bulking (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulking%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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