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congregated

verb

past tense of congregate

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 Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said at a press conference that local high school students congregated at the skate park at Carolyn Crayton Park late Saturday night after being told to leave the Airbnb where the party was supposed to be held. — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2026 The demonstrators, many wearing balaclavas, congregated on a street in the town, where many residents are republicans, who favor unification with the Republic of Ireland. — Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 The demonstrators, many wearing balaclavas, congregated on a street in the town, where many favor unification with the Republic of Ireland. — CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 On a recent weekend, a group of friends congregated in the venue’s basement, a narrow room with black leather couches and steel tables. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026 Though the public sentiment surrounding the case has been divided, many outspoken Massachusetts residents congregated at the courthouse in support of Clancy, wearing their signature pink. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 In the 1930s, Shanghai was an international city where foreign nationals congregated for trade and other reasons. — David Szondy august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026 But with hundreds at a time congregated on his stream, Lucarelli refused to fold. — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 The umpires congregated for 15 seconds, and then went back to playing ball. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026

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More than 1,000 people were gathered as more than 50 shots were fired in at least two locations about a block apart in Vienna, Georgia, according to Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Deryck gathered up the platinum blonde lengths and rolled them into two equal portions on either side of Megan's head, pinning and sculpting them to resemble the pointed shape of a cat ear.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026

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Music, sports and sneaker culture converged in the street style, showcasing many of the influences that have shaped ComplexCon since its launch.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Players converged and the officials ultimately assessed five technical fouls.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

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Roberts collaborated with renowned flute player Katisse Buckingham, who played jazz flute and Tim Loo, who assembled a group of musicians.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
The company describes it as one of the largest datasets of intracortical neural activity assembled to date.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

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Russian media also reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin observed the drills at the Chebarkul Training Ground on Friday and met foreign military attaches.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Most Read Reviews Appropriately enough for two musicians working at the cutting edge of this underground, Bowery Electric’s Martha Schwendener and Lawrence Chandler met while working at pre-fab master Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026

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In a new study published in Science on Thursday, researchers collected stool samples from more than 170 people before and after a second or third dose of a COVID vaccine.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026
For larger donations, which usually arrive on pallets, brands pay per pound, after Fabscrap has collected and weighed the donations.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

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So Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson all convened with Zaslav for an emergency meeting and ultimately agreed to serve as advisors who would shepherd the channel’s programming.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
The school’s original proposal was among the lowest ranked by the citizen’s task force convened this summer to review two dozen proposals submitted for funding.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

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The earlier four-count indictment grouped the devices found outside the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters together under each charge.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
The concerts are grouped into two-night couplings with the group playing unique set lists each night.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of grouped

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According to Treasury, fishing vessels secretly rendezvoused at sea with smaller go-fast boats carrying cocaine north through the eastern Pacific.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Hayabusa2 launched in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the asteroid Ryugu four years later.

— Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 June 2026

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