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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Children will receive souvenir baskets to collect eggs.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025 -
States can also participate by asking the IRS to intercept or offset federal tax refunds for state tax obligations or money owed to state agencies—this includes the authority of the state's child support enforcement office to collect on outstanding child support debts.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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For the Thursday assault, a Russian regiment assembled a dozen armored vehicles in one column—an increasingly rare sight as Russian losses of armored vehicles and other heavy equipment exceed 20,000 and regiments turn to civilian vehicles to keep their troops moving.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Coleman Evanston Screen Tent No more struggling for hours trying to set up your tent — the Coleman Evanston Screen Tent can be assembled in just 15 minutes.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Mar. 2025
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The crowd of about 100 people gathered at 2200 Joe B. Rushing Road to listen to Texas Rep. Nicole Collier, who spoke with a replica P-51 Mustang behind her.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Mar. 2025
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Hundreds of people had gathered on a brilliant spring Sunday morning to say goodbye and catch a first glimpse of Francis, who seemed to be gasping for air.—
NICOLE WINFIELD,
TIME,
23 Mar. 2025
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According to Smithsonian Magazine, less than 1% of the nearly half-million foreign POWs — 2,222 — tried to escape, and most were quickly rounded up.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2025
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Android Circuit rounds up the news from the Android world every weekend here on Forbes.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Scientists have accumulated evidence for this approach by studying natural events that have flung small particles into the atmosphere.—
Ramin Skibba,
WIRED,
22 Mar. 2025
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Across all episodes, the series accumulated 1.81B minutes viewed, posting its second-best weekly performance ever, behind the week that the series debuted in 2022.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
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Read on for our best tips for corralling, organizing, and storing towels.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
28 Mar. 2025
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Michigan is fresh off corralling 16 of its own misses against those same Aggies, so the Wolverines could find major success on the glass.—
Jim Root,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Existing approaches to continual learning can be grouped into three main categories, each of which seeks to address catastrophic forgetting by striking the right balance between stability and plasticity.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The Play 6 appears to be the brightest of that grouping too, with its light source reportedly putting out 500 ISO lumens (the Freestyle is rated for 230 ANSI lumens while the Freedo can manage 450 ISO lumens).—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
20 Mar. 2025
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The video, which features Kylie’s mother Kris Jenner, has garnered more than 29 million views so far and 5 million likes.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Notably, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, whose late entry into the mayoral race this month garnered much buzz from the political class, isn’t registering much support in the latest polls.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
26 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 2 Apr. 2025.
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