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as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
a prisoner garnering food bit by bit and hiding it in his pillow an array of rock bands garnered from all over the country by the promoters of the festival
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as in to earn
to receive as return for effort
a novelist that has garnered praise for his literate police procedurals
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Recent Examples of garner
The actor has, over the years, garnered some amount of infamy for his seeming predilection for women under 30.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Coming in second place with a total of nine nominations is Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, which garnered an outstanding motion picture nod and outstanding actor nomination for Denzel Washington, as well as supporting actor noms for A$AP Rocky and Jeffrey Wright.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
Fans launched a petition calling for Birmingham Airport to be renamed in his honour, which has garnered more than 75,000 signatures, while the late singer was also posthumously awarded the Birmingham Lord Mayor’s Award on what would have been his 77th birthday.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2026
Restoring faith in city government will also be a major test for Broadnax, who garnered public backlash in 2025 after the rollout of a costly new city logo and Statesman reporting that revealed questionable expenses on solo lunches.
—Austin American Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Coming in second place with a total of nine nominations is Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, which garnered an outstanding motion picture nod and outstanding actor nomination for Denzel Washington, as well as supporting actor noms for A$AP Rocky and Jeffrey Wright.
—Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
Fans launched a petition calling for Birmingham Airport to be renamed in his honour, which has garnered more than 75,000 signatures, while the late singer was also posthumously awarded the Birmingham Lord Mayor’s Award on what would have been his 77th birthday.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2026
Restoring faith in city government will also be a major test for Broadnax, who garnered public backlash in 2025 after the rollout of a costly new city logo and Statesman reporting that revealed questionable expenses on solo lunches.
—Austin American Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026
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The following burglaries are from reports collected from the Little Rock Police Department.—
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
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Since then, she's collected 45 years' worth of passport stamps, crossing off destinations like Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Thailand, Bhutan, Morocco, and Kenya on her travel wish list.—
Stephanie Gray,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Bregman played his first nine seasons with the Houston Astros, winning World Series titles in 2017 and 2022 — although the first of those yielded a sign-stealing scandal that earned Bregman and his teammates plenty of scorn.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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After doing some work onstage, the actor and comedian finally began appearing on-screen in the 1970s, earning small roles in TV shows like Police Woman, The Waltons and The Jeffersons.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Investigators gathered images from surveillance video that prosecutors said showed Thurman’s face and submitted them to Illinois’ facial recognition program, which led to his identification.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The roving raids targeting car washes, parking lots where day laborers gather and garment factories disrupted immigrant communities throughout the region for weeks in June and July.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
16 Jan. 2026
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These special moments have helped the monks’ walk gain traction on social media, where their Facebook following recently surpassed 1 million followers.—
Christina Shaw,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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As the protests gained momentum, Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last shah, began posting messages calling for a general uprising.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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The plane’s fuselage and extra-long wing section were trucked separately from the cannery to Dutch Flats, where the aircraft was finally assembled and fine-tuned.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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The $30 million, 110-foot Pegasus arrived in South Florida in pieces from China and Germany and assembled on site in 2014.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2026
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The lone exceptions have been health care – an industry growing as a result of an aging population – and leisure and hospitality, which has reaped some of the spoils from an increasingly bifurcated economy.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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Sol de Janeiro’s body lotion comes with a convenient pump that quickly dispenses the lotion so my skin can reap the benefits of the formula.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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De'Anthony Melton scored 19 points, Podziemski had 14 and Gary Payton II added 12 points to go with eight rebounds as the Warriors' reserves amassed 66 points.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Her kids have amassed a combination of over 25,000 miles so far and are all still under age 7.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Diuguid is President of Penske Racing, having led Porsche Penske Motorsport to back-to-back Rolex 24 at Daytona wins, the 2024 IMSA GTP title, the 2024 WEC Hypercar drivers' championship, and the 2025 Sebring victory with the 963 LMDh.—
Michael Harley,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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With starter Will Malual sidelined with an injury and starter Hunter Caplan out with an illness, Crean Lutheran won with only eight players.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Garner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garner. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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