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or foregather
as in to gather
to come together into one body or place
asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
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Quick, tight, and dense, TDS gathers the latest automotive headlines from around the globe and places them all in one spot.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
9 Apr. 2026
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Within three days of the Da Nang landing in 1965, a group of professors at the University of Michigan met to discuss a response.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Politics, waivers, and environmental concerns Under the Biden-era rule, coke plants were supposed to start meeting new limits on leaks from the lids and doors of ovens that heat coal.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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As movie theater owners and studio executives converge on Las Vegas this week for the annual CinemaCon trade conference, a rare sentiment is emerging — optimism.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Wildlife officers then converged on a group of five hunters in January 2025, with the assistance of the Guernsey County (Ohio) Sheriff's Office and its drone operations.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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ExLabs also intends to launch a commercial mission, called Apophis EX, to rendezvous with the asteroid.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Whichever lander ends up being selected for Artemis IV would rendezvous with NASA astronauts aboard an Orion vehicle in lunar orbit and then ferry them to the surface.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Plus, every piece in the set is easy to assemble, and its neutral hues can work with any space.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
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Tasks spanned from basic pick-and-place actions to more advanced, multi-step activities such as slicing an apple or assembling a breakfast tray.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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On Monday, Magyar called on Hungary's president to convene parliament to form a new government as soon as May 5.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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Xiao Wang, a law professor at the University of Virginia, told me that Dhillon had emphasized continuity in the Civil Rights Division across administrations at a March event convened by the Federalist Society’s UVA Law chapter.—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Forgather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgather. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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