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or foregathered
as in gathered
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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People gathered along Salah al-Din street after police blocked them from approaching the Jerusalem old city walls, then used stun grenades to disperse the worshippers.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026 -
Flat screen televisions didn’t enter the market until 1997, so in 1996, we were all gathered around massive, furniture-weight cathode ray tube sets.—
Ryan Brennan
March 20,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
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Sofia is the film director Sofia Coppola, who’s been one of Jacobs’s close friends since the two met, in the early nineties, toward the end of his time at Perry Ellis.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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More than 1,000 Lebanese have died since militant group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel over the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and was met with a blistering response that caused more than 700,000 to flee their homes.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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Major stars converged inside Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre across the evening, where returning host Conan O'Brien presided over the festivities that ultimately included historic firsts, emotional acting victories, a no-show winner, and even a tie.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
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But the expressions still all converged to pi, leaving no obvious way to compare them.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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The real American sub, a succulent monster assembled by an artisanal stacker of deli meats and square cheeses, only hit the Old Country when Tommy’s Sandwiches opened in King’s Cross, central London, in January 2026.—
Dominic Green,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Between late April 2025 and mid-May 2025 alone, at least $510 million worth of Supermicro's servers assembled in the United States, were diverted to China, according to the indictment.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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However, unlike the X-37B, Shenlong has rendezvoused with other objects in space.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Japanese space agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched its Hayabusa2 mission in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the near-Earth C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu in June 2018.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, Walker said a working group focused on the potential impacts on streams and other waters has yet to be convened.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2026
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House Speaker Daniel Perez convened a special committee on redistricting this year, but the Senate has done nothing on the issue so far.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Forgathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgathered. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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