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as in to gather
to bring together in one body or place
both captains congregated their team members for some pregame strategizing
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as in to converge
to come together into one body or place
pilgrims have been congregating in the town's historic square for centuries
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Recent Examples of congregate
Birdwatchers flock to the marshes, where various species, such as flamingos (in spring and autumn), marsh harriers, and black and white storks congregate in great numbers.
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Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
About 100 people congregated downtown around midday to effectively beg both parties to end their negotiation stalemate and reopen the mountain.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
January is breeding season for the invasive snakes in Florida, and the species is known to congregate in breeding balls on elevated levees and tree islands.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Sadly, the reason bus shelters are disappearing is that the city does not wish to provide seating for homeless people or other kinds of vagrants who may congregate there.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026
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Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
About 100 people congregated downtown around midday to effectively beg both parties to end their negotiation stalemate and reopen the mountain.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
January is breeding season for the invasive snakes in Florida, and the species is known to congregate in breeding balls on elevated levees and tree islands.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
Sadly, the reason bus shelters are disappearing is that the city does not wish to provide seating for homeless people or other kinds of vagrants who may congregate there.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026
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Investigators gathered images from surveillance video that prosecutors said showed Thurman’s face and submitted them to Illinois’ facial recognition program, which led to his identification.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The roving raids targeting car washes, parking lots where day laborers gather and garment factories disrupted immigrant communities throughout the region for weeks in June and July.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
16 Jan. 2026
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The department has also revised its deployment decision matrix during red flag conditions, allowing for earlier and heavier pre-deployment of resources when extreme winds, low humidity and high temperatures converge.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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That small body swathed like a mummy, our blind flight over the treetops, the prospect of disappearing in the middle of the jungle without a trace—all this converged to focus a singular intensity on the moment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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The following burglaries are from reports collected from the Little Rock Police Department.—
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
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Since then, she's collected 45 years' worth of passport stamps, crossing off destinations like Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Thailand, Bhutan, Morocco, and Kenya on her travel wish list.—
Stephanie Gray,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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The minors were child actors who met Busfield on the set of the FOX series The Cleaning Lady, where Busfield served as a director, according to the arrest warrant, issued by Officer Marvin Kirk Brown.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Jeff Brady, executive director of communications for the district, said Tiger Team Two met at least once a month from September to December to discuss and evaluate school enrollment, the capacity and upkeep and condition of each campus, finances and boundaries for each school.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Jan. 2026
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The plane’s fuselage and extra-long wing section were trucked separately from the cannery to Dutch Flats, where the aircraft was finally assembled and fine-tuned.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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The $30 million, 110-foot Pegasus arrived in South Florida in pieces from China and Germany and assembled on site in 2014.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2026
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In late February, the International Association for Safe and Ethical AI will convene its second annual conference at UNESCO House in Paris.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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The company also convened a council of eight experts in October who will provide insight into how AI could affect users’ mental health, emotions and motivation.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2026
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De'Anthony Melton scored 19 points, Podziemski had 14 and Gary Payton II added 12 points to go with eight rebounds as the Warriors' reserves amassed 66 points.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Her kids have amassed a combination of over 25,000 miles so far and are all still under age 7.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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In July 2026, a Chinese sample-return mission is expected to rendezvous with 469219 Kamoʻoalewa, a near-Earth asteroid.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Dec. 2025
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Otter Pup 1 was supposed to rendezvous with the space tug that deployed it into orbit, but that parent vehicle experienced an anomaly that scuttled that plan.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Congregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congregate. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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