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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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Climbers began gathering in April at the base camp, which is at an altitude of 17,340 feet.—
Pasang Rinzee Sherpa,
Los Angeles Times,
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Among the military hardware was an Iranian Air Force RC-130, a reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering variant of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules tactical transport aircraft.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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Your connections are under a microscope, but clarity arrives around who’s meeting you halfway and who’s just enjoying access to you.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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The interest rate climate is high and static right now, with another Federal Reserve meeting not even scheduled again until June.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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Initiatives at both the federal and state levels are converging.—
Krisztian Elcsics,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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As Euphoria’s third season enters its back half, our ensemble’s plotlines are, at long last, converging.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Let the cake cool completely before assembling.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2026
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Back in the 1960s, when the chain was new, assembling your own salad was an eyebrow-raising innovation.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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“Forgathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgathering. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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