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embanked

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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
The concerts are grouped into two-night couplings with the group playing unique set lists each night.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 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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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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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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