as in assembles
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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The group assembles in a staggered formation and uses hand signals to communicate road hazards and turns.—
Brenda Miranda,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026 -
The track assembles into a classic floor-filler.—
Jesse Dorris,
Pitchfork,
25 Mar. 2026
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Since the Suez is a manmade canal, Egypt collects the toll to pay for the costs of constructing and maintaining it.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Who collects $100,000 in Social Security?—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Neal Kumar, Polymarket's chief legal officer, center, gathers with others during the bar's opening.—
Gary Grumbach,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2026
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Quick, tight, and dense, TDS gathers the latest automotive news bubbling around the globe and places it all in one spot.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
19 Mar. 2026
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Season 2 springboards on Fisk’s strongarm rule and his mandate to clean up the streets of rebels via his brutish Anti-Vigilante Task Force, which rounds up people – echoing recent INS maneuvers – and shoves them into deplorable conditions and cages.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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If the price ends in three, four, eight or nine, cash payment rounds up.—
HANNAH FINGERHUT,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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Night after night, that disrupted rest accumulates.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
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Anytime power accumulates without accountability — regardless of who holds it — it is abused.—
Rachel O'Leary Carmona,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2026
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Sorrell lines one up the middle, but Boles easily corrals it for the force out at second.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Ampersand corrals a pool of a few hundred volunteers to help the effort, though only a few dozen are active at any time.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Texas native collects coveted roles and franchise parts like Thanos amasses Infinity Stones or Tom Hanks stockpiles vintage typewriters.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Mar. 2026
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Anne’s trip to the countryside opens up the series both physically and thematically by acknowledging that Irish life and history exist outside Dublin and that while the Guinness family amasses power and plays at politics, others are living a much different existence.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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The cool-girl pair garners plenty of praise, and the kicker?—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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That doesn’t factor in the attention Cade Cunningham garners from defenders, which should generate open looks for Huerter.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Bulks (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulks%20%28up%29. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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