as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
she bulked up her hair with one hand as she reached for the shears with the other
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Sheila and Tyler Donovan’s deaths were the second and third homicides reported in Lenexa in 2024, according to data collected by The Star.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
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With that kind of money on the line, most tour pros would at least attempt to show up and collect a share of the paycheck — Scottie Scheffler did after winning his second Masters in 2024, won the tournament and took home another $3.6 million for his troubles.—
Hugh Kellenberger,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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One count of the phonetic literature found that 40.5 percent of studies had assembled only male speakers, with the vast majority of the rest using more male than female or an even number of male and female participants.—
Sarah A. Bell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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Just a few years after her 2021 graduation, Montgomery has upward of 200 clients who pay $10,000 for Montgomery’s team to fully design and assemble their dorms on move-in day.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
9 Apr. 2025
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Police cordoned off the area as teams gathered evidence from inside the building.—
Stephen Sorace,
Fox News,
16 Mar. 2025
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After gathering data from orphanages NPR found that the Air Force Intelligence Directorate hid more than 300 children in these institutions.—
Mirna Alrached,
NPR,
16 Mar. 2025
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Voters overwhelmingly support expanding access to housing, mental health care, jobs, and education—not rounding up immigrants, slashing Medicaid, and stoking division.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Over 100 Venezuelan citizens were rounded up as part of the directive, and almost immediately flown to Tecoluca, El Salvador, where the U.S. has contracted the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) to detain them in exchange for $20,000 per person, per year.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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According to the National Weather Service, 2 to 3 feet of snow accumulated in the Sierra Nevada at elevations of 7,000 feet and higher from Sunday through Tuesday.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Brushes Some pool cleaners are equipped with brushes that help scrub away grime, algae and other unsightly material that has accumulated on the surfaces of your pool.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2025
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San Francisco’s two-time Platinum Glove winner Matt Chapman could not corral a 103.7 mph missile from Isaac Paredes, the type of play a pedestrian third baseman is excused from flubbing.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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Once the device had been corralled, Thalblum handed it off to a security guard.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2025
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When dogs attend the Red Rover doggy daycare in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, they aren't grouped by their breed or age, but rather, their energy levels.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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The plan is to group the off-season discount businesses together and to operate Net-a-porter and Mr Porter as separate, full-price shops alongside Mytheresa.com.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
31 Mar. 2025
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The video has garnered over 17,000 views.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Mar. 2025
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The incident quickly went viral and garnered a range of reactions.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Bulk (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulk%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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