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Recent Examples of gear up
Meanwhile, Waymo continues to expand its availability in select US cities, and Tesla is gearing up to put its first Model Y robotaxis on the road next month in Austin.
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Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
The work’s prospect for enhancing our understanding of gravitational-wave sources excites scientists who are gearing up for this new wave of detectors.
—Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
Fifteen years later, the musician is gearing up to release her sixth studio album, .
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 May 2025
During the first three months of the golf season, while the players were starting to gear up heading into The Masters in April, the hype around professional golf was at an all-time high.
—Troy Finnegan, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
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Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
The work’s prospect for enhancing our understanding of gravitational-wave sources excites scientists who are gearing up for this new wave of detectors.
—Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
Fifteen years later, the musician is gearing up to release her sixth studio album, .
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 May 2025
During the first three months of the golf season, while the players were starting to gear up heading into The Masters in April, the hype around professional golf was at an all-time high.
—Troy Finnegan, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gear up
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Last year, a small collection of staff working across the festival’s competition strands did mount a series of modest demonstrations to raise awareness about their working conditions.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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Related Articles Marking another stop in the fair’s world trip, Pitti Uomo is mounting Code Korea, a new section spotlighting fashion brands from South Korea, the season’s guest nation, headlined by guest designer Post Archive Faction, as reported.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
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Amid growing geopolitical tensions and unpredictable politics, the global economy is steeling itself for constant, sudden change.—
Alexander Clausbruch,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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However, after a two-decade-long legal battle, Arizona climbers are steeling themselves for the potential destruction of most of the boulders and hundreds of routes in Oak Flat area.—
Sam MacIlwaine,
Outside Online,
4 May 2025
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It is then fermented into a sweet wine, usually fortified.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The Hudson Institute think tank has urged the U.S. to fortify its military airfields within the range of China's missiles, in order to preserve air dominance during a potential conflict in which China could launch surprise attacks aimed at destroying U.S. aircraft on the ground.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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From tackling the country’s vicious dictatorship to honing in on intimate personal narratives while shattering taboos, Chilean documentary filmmakers continue to push boundaries and adapt to the pulse of broader social cues, committing to wide-ranging themes that not only educate, but enthral.—
Holly Jones,
Variety,
17 May 2025
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Having traveled to 75 countries, bought real estate in 24, established businesses in 7, and educated her children in 4, Kathleen is the go-to expert on expat life.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Thanks to courses in communication studies, students are schooled in the evolving business models of the creative industries, and dive into allyship and advocacy through sound studies and the school’s eminence in audiology.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2025
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Although Santa Monica might have set out to school Abby on pleasuring herself and others, the dancer also learns a thing or two.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2025
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Other venues, most notably the 90,000-capacity Rose Bowl, are braced for lots of empty seats.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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The National Weather Service said residents in Kentucky, southern Indiana, southern Illinois and parts of Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and Ohio should brace for intense storms that could include baseball-sized hail.—
Michael Phillis,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2025
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Although Wyandotte County has yet to see a reported measles outbreak, public health officials are readying public guidance and offering vaccine services as the disease inches north from southwest Kansas.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2025
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As Amanda Hess, a New York Times critic at large and a savvy analyst of the online world, lays out in her spot-on and brutally funny new book, Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age, approximately no amount of online prep actually readies you for the experience of having a baby.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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Several media outlets reported earlier this month that the Trump administration was preparing releasing the full audio.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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Unwaveringly prepared, collegial, sharp and measured, Prevost impressed as an uber bureaucrat.—
Mitra Taj,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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