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or foregather
as in to converge
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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Shailene Woodley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ethan Hawke, Jessie Buckley, Zachary Quinto and Edgar Ramirez were among the VIP attendees to converge at Soho House for the posh event hosted by Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025 -
The referees converged to discuss the call and agreed on the penalty.—
David Delgado,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
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The day after Kirk’s murder, his supporters gathered at Turning Point USA’s headquarters in Phoenix to pay their respects to the man who built a movement.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Based on a video shared by Hello Magazine, the princess took a few seconds to simply gather her hair into a low ponytail and tie it into a knot.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
12 Sep. 2025
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Plenty of agency officials were already put off by the DOGErs, who often issued peremptory orders to meet with them and answer questions.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Jayden Daniels #5 of the Washington Commanders and Russell Wilson #3 of the New York Giants meet after the Washington Commanders beat the New York Giants 21-6 during the game at Northwest Stadium on September 07, 2025 in Landover, Maryland.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Only four days long, the mission stood out for demonstrating all of the skills needed to send astronauts to the moon, including rendezvousing and docking with an Agena target and the first successful spacewalks conducted by crewmate Buzz Aldrin.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
9 Aug. 2025
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On their way out of Belarus, the American convoy stopped on a village road to rendezvous with a van driven by the KGB.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Forgather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgather. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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