line up

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Recent Examples on the Web As at other rallies, Trump fans lined up hours early in Virginia. David Jackson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024 Voters lined up in record numbers this year outside their boards of election to vote early in Greater Cincinnati. Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024 With the election only four days away, every utterance is magnified, as Republicans and Democrats battle for any small advantage that might tip the scales in their favor for what’s lining up to be a photo finish. Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024 Tanguay’s attorney, Michael Pitt, told the Free Press that even if the city council rescinds its decision to terminate, his client doesn’t want his $90,000-a-year job back, not if council members who lined up against him are in office. Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for line up 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for line up
Verb
  • And, increasingly, Republicans are organizing efforts to appeal to those voters.
    Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Gerry Cachia, in Seminole, Florida—parts of which experienced significant storm damage from Helene and Milton—organized the Rotary Club of Seminole Lake’s Haunted Graveyard event this year.
    Chantelle Lee, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The Catfish star, 40, is registered as a blind runner guide for his friend Francesco Magisano through the Achilles International Foundation.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • These actions would be opposed on city streets and in the homes of millions of Americans of conscience, but would likely not register at all with the Democratic Party, who’d be busy tacking right for 2028.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • They've been grouped conveniently for you into marketing, tax and accounting, brainstorming, design, and project management.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • During the show's seventh season, Payne was grouped with fellow singers Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik to round out the boyband, which would release five studio albums (including one without Malik) before going on hiatus in January 2016.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Yet this conveniently aligns with a desire not to expand life on Svalbard, according to Blomdahl.
    Yahya Salem, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Its main thumbstick and D-Pad were aligned for easy reach, while the four C-buttons of its predecessor evolved into their final form, the C-stick, a long-overdue second thumbstick that allowed for better camera controls.
    Matt Kamen, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • His attitude toward Trump seems to parallel his view of artificial intelligence.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The fact that the depiction of a dicynodont may predate Western descriptions of this group of animals, or at least parallel it, helps to bring paleontology closer to home when Benoit teaches students in South Africa.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Where to order 2024 Halloween costume delivery in two hours: Spirit Halloween costumes 2024 last- minute The pop-up store brand this year began selling costumes and decor through Uber, Uber Eats and Postmates apps.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Whitaker ordered that Williams remain away from the metropolitan Atlanta area beginning two days following his release from custody for the first 10 years of his probation.
    Nick Valencia, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The 2024 collection includes a berry pink Stanley tumbler, color-changing hot cups and sparkly tumblers with matching ornament keychains.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • On November 4 police confirmed a body of a woman who was wearing clothes matching Cunningham’s description had been retrieved from railracks at Chalk Farm station.
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Carve leg and thigh meat slices; arrange meat on platter.
    Jeanne Ambrose, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024

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