gear up

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Recent Examples of gear up Fans can also gear up for Hocus Pocus 3, which is in production as of October 2025. Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025 If your workwear drawer is filled with old, worn out clothes, now’s the time to gear up. Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025 As the New York Knicks gear up for a potential NBA Finals bid in 2025-26, team president Leon Rose is tinkering around the periphery of his roster. Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 The release of this collaboration comes as longtime fans of the show gear up for their annual rewatch. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gear up
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Verb
  • The wreath’s poppies are mounted on an arrangement of black leaves, following tradition for the sovereign, and its ribbon bears the King’s racing colors of scarlet, purple and gold.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
  • With only weeks until Thanksgiving, travelers nationwide face mounting uncertainty and dwindling options as flight cancellations deepen across the country.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Decades of discrimination would steel her character and resolve.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The Pats are back because of who their quarterback has become, and who Mike Vrabel is as a head coach; a man capable of steeling a brittle roster into a dogged competitor.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Overall, though, New Jersey didn’t land enough difference-makers to fortify the club’s supporting cast.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Foods like yogurt and kefir offer gut-friendly probiotics, and milk is often fortified with vitamin D.
    Anthea Levi, Health, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Last session, lawmakers nearly passed a $3 million bill to help school districts educate students who need additional services, like a full-time nurse or an ASL interpreter, that can cost more than $50,000.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
  • SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • In 2007, by then in her mid-80s, Soskin became a National Park ranger, schooling visitors on Black women’s contributions to the WWII effort in the face of discrimination.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The enrollment dates are for all district families to express preferences on what district school their children attend, something the district does every year.
    Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Hodges braced himself against a metal door frame to his right.
    Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • But this year, investors should brace for the possibility outperforming shares will collide with reality, billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio warned on Monday.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • As usual, the best path to ready yourself and your home is by being proactive—and nothing is more prep-minded that getting rid of things that only add clutter to your home.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Vietnam’s Prime Minister urged the country’s emergency response agencies and ministries to ready themselves as the country braces for the impact of the typhoon.
    Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Chris Williams planned to assist Fincke and Cardman in suiting up and preparing the tools and equipment that would be needed outside the space station.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026

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