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Recent Examples of gear up
Your Horoscope for January: A Time for Bold New Beginnings
Aries (March 20-April 19)
January is gearing up to test your emotional endurance with power struggles and inner conflict taking center stage, Aries.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Stan, meanwhile, is gearing up for his own Marvel adventure in the upcoming film The Thunderbolts*.
—EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Beyond hunting, Green has been gearing up for his headlining Damn Country Music Tour, which launches in March.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
The Civil Rights Department in the city of Los Angeles, for example, is gearing up to take on such cases.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Stan, meanwhile, is gearing up for his own Marvel adventure in the upcoming film The Thunderbolts*.
—EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Beyond hunting, Green has been gearing up for his headlining Damn Country Music Tour, which launches in March.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
The Civil Rights Department in the city of Los Angeles, for example, is gearing up to take on such cases.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gear up
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Second, the pre-trial discovery reforms to accelerate the process and help defendants make informed decisions whether to accept a plea deal or mount a defense have failed.Eric J. Gertler, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
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The Basque was yellow carded for mouthing from the dugout as Barca led 4-1 after mounting a comeback for the ages.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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New hair in weird places, problems with his teeth, a growing inability to understand his wife… steel yourselves for the unimaginable horror of a man nearing 40!David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 Jan. 2025
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Exhausted, emotionally tapped and expecting additional red flag warnings to start the week, the city is steeling itself for the unfathomable.Eric Levenson, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
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Biden could have fortified these protections, using the United States’ influence and meeting its responsibilities as a superpower, one of the founders of international humanitarian law, one of the world’s largest arms suppliers, and the UN’s largest contributor.Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Get more information on fortifying your home from wildfires here.KABC STAFF, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Eaddy says the focus of the festival is to entertain, educate and inspire Black story tellers who have a desire to create stories of the struggles and the joys of the Black community.Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Jan. 2025
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Face the facts as to what some Republicans believe about who should be educated, who should have the opportunities to advance themselves, who should have advanced degrees, who should be doctors and lawyers and engineers and scientists.Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025
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When possible, send your student to school well-fed, well-equipped, and well-rested.Peter Greene, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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For example, for every additional year of schooling a woman received, her earnings increased 13%.Harry Anthony Patrinos, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2025
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Denver Public Schools is bracing for possible immigration raids on students and directing principals to lock down campuses if federal immigration agents come knocking.Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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Capitol Hill is now bracing for what could be a contentious battle over emergency spending in light of the devastation the fires have left throughout the Los Angeles region.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
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The entertainment staffs of the teams worked around the clock to ready all videoboard content and digital assets to look like a SoFi game.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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JPMorgan Chase is readying to order all its employees back to the office full-time, saying goodbye to the hybrid model that huge swaths of its workforce currently use.Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025
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Dennis and Cheryl McMurray had come home from dinner on Jan. 7 and were preparing for bed when Cheryl’s cousin called.Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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As Trump prepares to take over the White House, many of Biden's policies could be undone, including his work to deliver student loan forgiveness for millions of Americans.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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