line up

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Recent Examples of line up Indications from people inside the organization are that the Padres will use tomorrow’s off-day to line up the rest of the rotation for that series. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025 Water was trucked into neighborhoods with residents forced to line up for hours in the baking heat. Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025 Passengers line up for new tickets at Copenhagen Airport on Tuesday morning. Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025 Some guardians swing swords with a momentum that pushes them too far forward, leaping right over enemies when trying to line up multiple strikes. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for line up
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Verb
  • The jump in homeless youth represents a rising number of Cincinnati families who face unstable housing situations, said Rico Blackman, director of organizing at the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Church member Greg Mikat was shot three times, according to the GoFundMe his sister has organized, sustaining injuries to his leg and chest and remains hospitalized, after confronting the gunman.
    Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Parents will have to re-register with the United Community Center.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Since the start of April — and having registered another assist for Malen’s second goal in the 2-1 victory over Burnley — Rogers has recorded the most assists in the Premier League (eight).
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Called the Marriott Bonvoy Outdoors, the stays are grouped by the types of activities travelers seek, whether that’s hiking near alpine lakes, snorkeling among coral reefs teeming with fish, or getting cozy in a cabin in the woods.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The eclectic designs can be displayed on their own, or they can be grouped together to form a funky gallery wall.
    L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Traditional family law can be archaic, inconsistent and not aligned with the realities of modern relationships.
    Julia Rodgers, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Creating reliable source of power This aligns with the Department of Energy’s goals for creating reliable, energy-efficient, and water-conscious operations to power the voracious energy demands of AI.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Malkovich's role, meanwhile, parallels the Hunger Games timeline depicted in the original book and film quartet, in which Snow was played by the late Donald Sutherland.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Boggs’s work on Baldwin, which began in the late 1990s with a campaign to revive the long out-of-print children’s novel, Little Man, Little Man, paralleled the return of Baldwin’s writing to prominence and his rise to the status of cultural icon.
    Megan Marshall September 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The administration also ordered Texas troops to Portland and Chicago.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • He was sentenced to serve seven days in a DUI education center and ordered to pay a $350 fine and court fees.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That matched Denver’s success rate on its first eight third-down attempts of the game.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • What is the Powerball payout on matching 2 lottery numbers?
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The continual delays have led to many embarrassing moments, the most recent coming last Tuesday, when, after Barca officials told the media the Camp Nou was ready, the Barcelona city council arranged a press conference of their own in reply.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For the Rolliefest finale, Hess and his team of organizers arranged a farewell cocktail party in the winter garden of the new private residences at the Waldorf Astoria, fresh off an almost-eight-year, multibillion dollar restoration.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Line up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/line%20up. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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