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Recent Examples of gear up
The group’s effort comes as Senate Republicans gear up to debate their version of the bill.
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 16 June 2025
And inflation, which was slowly retreating into the background, could be gearing up for a second act.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Cities around the country are gearing up for protests this weekend over President Trump’s military parade in D.C. and what his administration has done so far in its first few months.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2025
Meanwhile, Church is preparing to hit the road to support his 2025 LP Evangeline vs. the Machine and Max is gearing up to release her third studio set, Don’t Click Play, on August 22.
—Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 12 June 2025
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 16 June 2025
And inflation, which was slowly retreating into the background, could be gearing up for a second act.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Cities around the country are gearing up for protests this weekend over President Trump’s military parade in D.C. and what his administration has done so far in its first few months.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2025
Meanwhile, Church is preparing to hit the road to support his 2025 LP Evangeline vs. the Machine and Max is gearing up to release her third studio set, Don’t Click Play, on August 22.
—Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gear up
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The pressure is mounting as Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is set to hold White House meetings on Monday on ending the 20-month-long war in Gaza.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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Niche innovations and leveraging industry partnerships are a path to growth despite the mounting barriers to entry.—
Richard Kestenbaum,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The founders of Chime trudged into Amino Capital's bare-bones office early one Saturday morning in the summer of 2013, steeling themselves for disappointment.—
Stephen Pastis,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Universities are scrambling to steel themselves for an onslaught of investigations.—
Erica Pandey,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Following the January departure of Flos B&B Italia’s chief executive officer, luxury veteran Daniel Lalonde, its new management has been focused on fortifying each firm in its portfolio before selling them off.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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But with the move into Texas, the conference took a small but significant step to fortifying itself for the next round of realignment chaos.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2025
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Instead, follow new rules: Entertain first, then inspire or educate.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Elite provides hybrid education and online school — mainly homeschooling — to about 1,800 students who are primarily taught by their parents or private vendors who Elite pays to educate its students.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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Her father, Bruno Bischofberger, a Swiss art dealer, met her American mother, Christina Clifton in Zurich, and she was schooled in art history over the breakfast table.—
Kate Matthams,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Actress Jodie Turner-Smith is schooling Joshua Jackson on the importance of a Black mother in a biracial child’s life.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
16 June 2025
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Song’s demystification of what passes for love in a typical rom-com is bracing.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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Acapulco residents had braced for Erick's arrival with more preparation and trepidation because of the memory of the devastation two years earlier.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 June 2025
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The first full-time Waldorf Astoria residents have already moved in, and the hotel is readying for its grand opening this summer.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
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Before the referee had even dropped the whistle from his mouth, Erling Haaland galloped onto the pitch with a coach clearly tasked with readying him to replace Omar Marmoush at the break.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Gifford announced her resignation from OHS last month as The Connecticut Mirror was preparing to publish a story demonstrating her involvement in the state’s audit of Helen Zervas, owner of Family Eye Care in Bristol, in the days before DSS officials cancelled the audit in 2020.—
Janhavi Munde,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2025
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As those efforts continued, the Pentagon simultaneously prepared the operation.—
Rachel Scott,
ABC News,
22 June 2025
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