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to bring together in one body or place
rounded everyone up for one final training session
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Recent Examples of rounded up
Anyone living in one of the dozens of surrounding villages, such as Nazareth, who was not rounded up must have cowered in fear behind closed doors or hidden in the various underground cisterns and hewn chambers beneath the ancient houses and courtyards of the Jewish villages.
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Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The Atlas star recently rounded up her summer getaway trip to the Hamptons on her Instagram, sharing a selfie with Emme.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
But there was a problem; Lindsay wasn’t picking up her phone, so Melzetta rounded up a friend and went there.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
For those who aren’t chasing game but still want to wander the woods, wildlife officials have rounded up five safety tips to keep themselves safe while adventuring outside.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 26 Sep. 2025
Staffers have rounded up passports.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
In what looked like a deliberate provocation, police in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg rounded up local Azerbaijanis in June and accused them of crimes that were two decades old.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
People are being rounded up off the streets without due process.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
More than the 300 South Korean nationals were among those rounded up for allegedly lacking necessary documentation to work in the United States.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
The Atlas star recently rounded up her summer getaway trip to the Hamptons on her Instagram, sharing a selfie with Emme.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
But there was a problem; Lindsay wasn’t picking up her phone, so Melzetta rounded up a friend and went there.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
For those who aren’t chasing game but still want to wander the woods, wildlife officials have rounded up five safety tips to keep themselves safe while adventuring outside.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 26 Sep. 2025
Staffers have rounded up passports.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
In what looked like a deliberate provocation, police in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg rounded up local Azerbaijanis in June and accused them of crimes that were two decades old.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
People are being rounded up off the streets without due process.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
More than the 300 South Korean nationals were among those rounded up for allegedly lacking necessary documentation to work in the United States.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rounded up
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Decked out in Tyvek suits and N95 respirators, the researchers collected meter-long cores from the permafrost layer, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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The researchers analyzed lunar samples that had remained unopened since they were collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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Reaching the Frontier Over the past year, ByteDance has assembled top AI talent, hiring a former vice president of Google DeepMind to lead AI foundational research and luring other engineers and researchers away from Alibaba and other start-ups, the Financial Times reported in December.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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They were delivered fully assembled and dynamically balanced from the company’s production base on the Yangtze River.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Days after a gunman drove a truck into a Grand Blanc Township church and opened fire on worshippers, killing four people and wounding eight, hundreds gathered in Flint for a community safety briefing focused on crisis response and prevention in houses of worship.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday night, hundreds of people gathered to remember the teenagers, according to CNN affiliate WABC.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Toss the grapes in the olive oil and seasonings that have accumulated at the bottom of the pan.—
Karla Walsh,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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Some food-safety inspections were temporarily halted, trash accumulated in national parks, federal landmarks and museums closed, and some airports shuttered checkpoints due to a shortage of Transportation Security Administration officers to screen passengers.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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Barreling through the first quarter, Western Hills amassed three more touchdowns from De’Anthony Monroe, Mohammed Soumahoro, and Jeremiah Stribling.—
Elijah Flowers,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Oct. 2025
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Around that time, a front-page story in The New York Times detailed how Dundon and others had amassed wealth by packaging risky auto loans made to low-income people and selling those loans as securities for hundreds of millions of dollars.—
Tony Schick,
ProPublica,
3 Oct. 2025
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The fluffy, oversized set is made of Turkish cotton and has garnered more than 2,500 five-star reviews on Amazon.—
Kristi Kellogg,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
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The relaunch became a best-seller and garnered an Eisner and a Ringo Award nomination.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Rounded up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rounded%20up. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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