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as in gathered
to bring together in one body or place
both captains congregated their team members for some pregame strategizing
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as in converged
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 congregated
Gay people found each other, by either word of mouth or the back pages of QNotes Carolinas, a local LGBTQ newspaper, and congregated in those areas.
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Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
Archaeologists also found artifacts such as pottery, animal bone, charcoal and worked flints, suggesting that people would have congregated here to celebrate the solstices.
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Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
But nothing compared to the overflowing crowds that congregated after Saturday’s championship clincher.
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Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Early on during the march, firefighters extinguished a Tesla that was set ablaze next to the central bus stop, and a phalanx of riot police cordoned off a secure area as a crowd congregated nearby.
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Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Early on during the march, firefighters extinguished a Tesla that was set ablaze next to the central bus stop and a phalanx of riot police cordoned off a secure area as a crowd congregated nearby.
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Jamey Keaten,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
The Scotland fans had congregated in the old town square, so when the area’s bars ran out of alcohol, the riot police arrived expecting trouble.
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Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
The lack of these features in the mega-structure suggests that the residents might have congregated there for communal activities, potentially including governance, according to Archaeology Magazine.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
After sunset, the crowd congregated for celebrations and shows at a large open-air theater for Caribbean dance performances, retro-themed fêtes, and rock music sessions.
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Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026
Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
Archaeologists also found artifacts such as pottery, animal bone, charcoal and worked flints, suggesting that people would have congregated here to celebrate the solstices.
—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
But nothing compared to the overflowing crowds that congregated after Saturday’s championship clincher.
—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Early on during the march, firefighters extinguished a Tesla that was set ablaze next to the central bus stop, and a phalanx of riot police cordoned off a secure area as a crowd congregated nearby.
—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Early on during the march, firefighters extinguished a Tesla that was set ablaze next to the central bus stop and a phalanx of riot police cordoned off a secure area as a crowd congregated nearby.
—
Jamey Keaten,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
The Scotland fans had congregated in the old town square, so when the area’s bars ran out of alcohol, the riot police arrived expecting trouble.
—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
The lack of these features in the mega-structure suggests that the residents might have congregated there for communal activities, potentially including governance, according to Archaeology Magazine.
—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
After sunset, the crowd congregated for celebrations and shows at a large open-air theater for Caribbean dance performances, retro-themed fêtes, and rock music sessions.
—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congregated
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Despite the heat on Friday afternoon, a large crowd gathered at Bayfront Park to watch Team USA face off in its second match of the FIFA World Cup.
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Early yesterday, as Argentina sealed a 3-0 victory over Algeria, hundreds of fans gathered on the courtyard lawn of Beijing’s Argentine Embassy to cheer the team on.
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Ecuador fans from all over have converged to see their team play, photos show.
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The interlocking puzzle of the iPhone, GPS and Google Maps was a moment when multiple strands of technological development…converged into a single life-changing package.
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But Fort Worth Fire has assembled a team of elite firefighters trained to respond quickly in situations where maneuverability is key.
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On the Criterion Channel, known for showcasing classics and discoveries from around the world, Two Prosecutors will be accompanied by The Trial, a 2018 documentary that Loznitsa assembled from footage of a 1930 Stalinist show trial.
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Scotland's Ben Gannon-Doak was trying to run down a long pass when Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou ran out to grab the ball, and both met in a crunching collision that left both players down for a minute.
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They were all met with loud cheers on this Juneteenth evening.
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Link to earlier discovery The new findings come less than a year after Perseverance examined a rock called Cheyava Falls, which scientists described as one of the most intriguing samples collected on Mars.
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Last year, a petition to halt Big Bear Lake’s annual fireworks display collected more than 40,000 signatures from people concerned that the event would disturb the area’s famous bald eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow.
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So media outlets from across England and the world had convened to devour the scene of his arrival, only to be consumed themselves by the pure spectacle Mourinho generated.
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Last week following the G7 summit, European leaders convened to discuss the possibility of addressing a 360-billion-euro ($413 billion) trade deficit with China through new duties.
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The public obviously cannot know every factor that went into the Artemis III crew decision, and to the astronauts themselves, flight assignments are part of their workplace life, like getting grouped together for projects are at our own jobs.
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Agentic marketing gets grouped with categories that operate very differently.
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However, unlike the X-37B, Shenlong has rendezvoused with other objects in space.
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The Japanese space agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched its Hayabusa2 mission in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the near-Earth C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu in June 2018.
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