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or foregathering
as in gathering
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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Starring Zo In-sung and Park Jeong-min, the film – named after the intelligence-gathering term for human sources – follows a clash between North and South Korean agents in Vladivostok.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
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Glaciologist Helen Fricker also will be studying land and vegetation masses, gathering data that can be broadly used to assess the nature and health of some of the most isolated spots on Earth.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Manufacturers must reduce weight and energy use while meeting strict safety rules.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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Mountbatten-Windsor has previously denied meeting Giuffre.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Seasonal fuel blend changes, refinery outages, rising summer demand, and grid strain are converging on a system with no margin left.—
Suzette Valladares,
Oc Register,
15 Feb. 2026
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Kevin Hassett, the National Economic Council director who was a finalist to become the next Federal Reserve chair, told CNBC that several factors are converging to keep payroll growth low, at least for the time being.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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Helion is not yet assembling the fusion reactor, which requires additional engineering and design fine-tuning.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Or, to put it another way, LightBar is assembling bounty hunters to track down misuse of Hollywood IP.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Forgathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgathering. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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