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embanked

verb

past tense of embank

as in grouped

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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
While Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander communities are regularly grouped together and considered uniformly successful, studies have found significant disparities in educational access and outcomes across subgroups over time.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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About 200 tanks and armored personnel carriers of the occupiers have been accumulated near Irpin.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
Hubbard, who is in his sixth season with Carolina, currently has 3,870 yards franchise rushing yards, just 110 yards away from McCaffrey, who accumulated them through week 6 of his sixth Panthers season.

— Will Dehmel October 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

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Only the dark bodies of container ships, crowned with blinking lights, massed along the sea’s horizon, as solid as a wall.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
The compact form of ‘Kaleidoscope’ Abelia is well suited to patio containers and looks fabulous massed as a tall groundcover or natural hedge.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 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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The groups behind the #BlockTheMerger coalition, which had amassed more than 5,700 signatories from actors, filmmakers and industry workers opposed to the deal, filed a brief with the court urging Martínez-Olguín to reject the settlement.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Heading into Sunday’s game against the Eagles, the 13th-year pro has amassed a career-best 358 receiving yards through three games.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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Hypersonic development depends heavily on flight testing and the data collected during those missions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Calderon became a friend to the whole family, and Wilson’s daughter collected cans to add to Calderon’s collection and learned Spanish phrases to speak with him.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

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This explains why the isotopes are so well mixed rather than clumped, and also tells us that Bennu's parent probably formed not long after Jupiter did.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2026
The heroine’s eyes are filled with yearning, her eyelashes glistening and ever-so-perfectly clumped?

— Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 5 July 2026

Definition of clumped

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Along the way, there are a smattering of sea days, typically bunched together in two- or three-day chunks.

— Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
He's shifted the entire orchestra closer to the front of the stage at David Geffen Hall and had their seats bunched closer together.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

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