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Recent Examples of gear up
As air traffic controllers gear up for their sixth unpaid week, massive travel disruptions due to staffing shortages have become a daily occurrence.
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Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
After grinding across the eastern end of Cuba, forecasters expect Melissa to gear up for a third landfall in as many days, this time on the central and southeastern Bahamas as a Category 2.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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
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Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
After grinding across the eastern end of Cuba, forecasters expect Melissa to gear up for a third landfall in as many days, this time on the central and southeastern Bahamas as a Category 2.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gear up
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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
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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
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Decades of discrimination would steel her character and resolve.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
23 Dec. 2025
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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
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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
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Foods like yogurt and kefir offer gut-friendly probiotics, and milk is often fortified with vitamin D.—
Anthea Levi,
Health,
7 Jan. 2026
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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
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
7 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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Hodges braced himself against a metal door frame to his right.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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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
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Gates was keen to highlight that society needs to do more to ready itself for an AI era, and that work so far hasn’t been adequate.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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The country is largely focused on a self-sufficiency drive to build up its chipmaking capabilities, a push that’s included readying a new round of incentives of as much as $70 billion for the chip sector.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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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
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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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“Gear up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gear%20up. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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