Thesaurus results for GEARING UP

gearing up

verb

present participle of gear up

as in mounting

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Now, after mounting the American League’s second-best record since June 1, the picture is less certain.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
More than 8,000 people have now joined the group, and have been organizing petition signings, installing yard signs, and mounting a legal fight against Coweta County and Atlas Development, the company behind the project.

— Simmone Shah, Time, 22 July 2026

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Despite being a step-through, the Vienna exhibited little frame flex thanks to a small bracing bar at the bottom of the frame.

— William Roberson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Perhaps not for the fainthearted, this involves being gently slapped with oak branches in the sauna before dipping into a bracing cold plunge (rinse and repeat).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026

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What began as a public hospital has evolved into one of the nation’s leading academic health systems — advancing groundbreaking research, educating generations of physicians and caregivers, and providing world-class care to patients.

— Pradeep Khosla, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2026
Its Sea Hub for Environmental Learning in Laamu (SHELL) is an impressive center with interactive spaces dedicated to educating guests and local Maldivians about the local marine life.

— Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 July 2026

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Google DeepMind's Sierra Leone study, led by research director Irina Jurenka, reports its AI tutor, Guided Learning, helped students gain over a year's worth of schooling in just eight weeks.

— Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Others have continued schooling or gone on to other industries.

— Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

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New Orleans residents prepared for Bertha's arrival by fortifying their properties with sandbags, and many boat owners in the region moved their vessels out of docks located along the coast to safer locations.

— Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Iran began fortifying the entrances and building a secure perimeter surrounding the entire mountain and Natanz in 2025, according to the Institute for Science and International Security.

— Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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Parental involvement, tutoring resources, and community support can meet a child where their state education may be falling short.

— Sarah Scott, Parents, 21 July 2026
In South Korea, almost eighty per cent of children regularly attend a hagwon—a private-tutoring center that supplements their schooling and prepares them for tests—which means that many kids are spending up to twelve hours a day in a classroom.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

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