line up

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Recent Examples of line up And, while recognizing that tariffs aren’t going back to zero, trading partners are still lining up to get a deal done with the United States. Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 12 May 2025 Hundreds of people have lined up outside the courthouse, the AP reported, some of whom camped out overnight. Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 Photo : Rocky Johnston/PacWest Drone Services, LLC More Adirondack chairs are lined up for the tranquil sunset views. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 May 2025 American Promise, Journalism and Sandman are the only three Derby horses lining up for this year’s Preakness, after Sovereignty backed out citing the tight turnaround. Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for line up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for line up
Verb
  • Two people have since been arrested over the plot, which was organized by users of digital platforms such as Discord.
    Arthur Coelho Bezerra, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
  • More than a decade ago, Rand organized VFX artists to protest Canadian subsidies, which were luring thousands of jobs abroad while bankrupting U.S. VFX houses.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • Rodriguez registered another draw with Cynthia Calvillo in December 2019, and wound up losing to all-time great Carla Esparza in July 2020.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • Epp said the data available to the Miami Grand Prix organizers showed around 70 percent of the tickets sold for the race were registered to addresses in Florida, and that 80 percent of that total was from the greater South Florida area.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Verb
  • Employers are grouped into similar sizes to best compare similar employee experiences.
    Bob Helbig, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
  • Now the coaches are grouped together with seniors and contributors and have to get 80%.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • Many of his posts align with the positions of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Francis, who criticized the Trump administration's views on immigration.
    Rhona Tarrant, CBS News, 9 May 2025
  • Two school districts in Maine, Maine's Regional School Unit No. 24 and MSAD No. 70, have taken matters into their own hands and amended their local sports gender eligibility policies to ban transgender athletes from girls' competitions, aligning with Libby and Trump.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • Dutton's plight parallels that of Canada's opposition leader, Pierre Poilievre, who lost his seat after Trump declared economic war on the U.S. neighbor to the north.
    Time, Time, 3 May 2025
  • The market’s response today parallels the reaction when Hasbro reported its fourth quarter and full-year earnings results at the end of February.
    Joan Verdon, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The cycle continues Martinez and another pledge were ordered to finish a half-gallon of rum between them, and Martinez’s blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.372 after his death, almost five times the legal limit, his family previously said in a statement.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
  • And those watering holes in the terminal selling overpriced cocktails would, of course, go out of business without nervous fliers who order a few drinks before their flights.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Verb
  • Mings has alternative strengths that the Spain international cannot match.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 May 2025
  • The player is set to get richer after their ticket matched all five white balls.
    Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • But the large open kitchen that takes up most of the room is the same—with cooks’ stations encircling a central vent that’s dramatically cantilevered, like the funnel of a cruise ship—as is the seating, much of it arranged around a sweeping U-shaped counter.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • Now, many teams around the NBA arrange for team dinners at some point in the season.
    Jason Quick, New York Times, 2 May 2025

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“Line up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/line%20up. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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