line up

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Recent Examples of line up Families line up down the block to order ice cream at Salt & Straw, while students chatter over their laptops at Coupa Cafe. Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 9 June 2026 The black dot and black line on the white head makes these amazing simple to line up. Langston Wertz Jr, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026 But, there’s always a but, getting Giannis Antetokounmpo, unfortunately late in his productive career, would be just pie in the sky generating a tad bit of interest from fans, assuming of course the guy can still line up and give us minutes. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 June 2026 Another term for a certain kind of planetary alignment, planet parades are what happens when planets line up along the ecliptic in a straight line and appear to us on Earth to be marching across the night sky, according to NASA. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for line up
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Verb
  • Let your mind wander and organize itself naturally during the Virgo moon.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 20 June 2026
  • Talent agencies are organizing around the same principle.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • Scotland finished with six shots, most of them in the second half, but did not register a shot on goal against keeper Yassine Bounou.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 20 June 2026
  • Now, the one-year grace period for the act’s mandatory registration requirements has ended, meaning agencies must be registered as model management companies or groups with the New York Department of Labor (NYDL) to better enable models to discern legitimate representation.
    Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • The public obviously cannot know every factor that went into the Artemis III crew decision, and to the astronauts themselves, flight assignments are part of their workplace life, like getting grouped together for projects are at our own jobs.
    Margaret Landis, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
  • Agentic marketing gets grouped with categories that operate very differently.
    Manick Bhan, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • The devices need to be properly calibrated and aligned to deliver reliable video evidence—and that’s not always easy.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 June 2026
  • For Claire Gregory, however, that expectation never fully aligned with reality, despite earning her law degree, passing two bar exams and working across various areas of the legal field.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents and base personnel tracked two suspects while ordering residents to shelter in place, then discovered 51 kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl inside the deserted vehicle.
    Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
  • While guests can still order from their full beer menu, KC Bier said guests should expect a limited menu of food for matches during the brewery’s busiest hours, like on weekends.
    Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • The Great Dying is also the extinction event that most closely parallels Earth’s current environmental crisis.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
  • The drama parallels some of Jolie’s real-life health challenges.
    Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • Angelina Guatemala, 64, counted on federal food stamps after retiring a couple of years ago in Ogden, Kansas, from assorted jobs arranging flowers, decorating cakes in shops, and preparing meals.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • How to Make Homemade Croutons In the Oven Preheat the oven to 450°F and arrange the rack in the middle position.
    Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • In the British social calendar, no event quite matches the prestige, pageantry and formal dress protocols of Royal Ascot.
    Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
  • Investigators also matched Mangione’s fingerprints to those found on a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper near the scene of the killing, officials said.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 19 June 2026

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“Line up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/line%20up. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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