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If you don’t offer food to wild birds, they will be less likely to congregate in your backyard or garden.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Crawlspace LA, which closed in February, similarly started as a space for dancers to congregate and experiment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

The waters off the Indian Ocean coast where throngs of swimmers will soon congregate are home to the world’s three most-dangerous shark species.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

"The real experience comes when we can influence a community to congregate in a strange, dark space," Spielberg said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026

Their parents congregate beneath, holding the hands of younger siblings and pointing to various marvels appearing in front of them.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Instead, this 21st Century fanbase congregates more politely on TikTok, Instagram and X, where the hashtag that brings fans, Liam memes, and Bonehead jokes together, is #oasistwt.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024

They form when water vapor congregates around specks of meteor dust floating in the mesosphere and freezes, forming ice crystals.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2022

In many parts of the deepest ocean, life congregates around seeps—vents in the sea floor where gasses leak out from Earth’s innards and fuel microbial growth, attracting communities of deep-sea invertebrates.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 8, 2022

It’s not easy to get to Westwood or Palos Verdes for the larger Memorial Day ceremonies, she said, “so everyone congregates here.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2019

The day's last flock of gray birds congregates above the seedheads of spent wildflowers and launches across the yellow green into a slate-blue sky.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Dozens of young people congregated at Nepal's burnt-out parliament building on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of deadly anti-corruption protests that toppled the former government.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

And he liked having meals with his family at what is now the Denny’s in Gower Gulch, a place where aspiring cowboy actors once congregated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

On a sunny weekend in early May, hundreds congregated at Raw Farm for its annual Camping With the Cows event.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Lemon pleaded not guilty to the charges at his February arraignment, as people congregated outside the courthouse to protest the case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

She’d been feeding the crows that congregated on the roof.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Pigeons have been leaving a town's High Street looking dirty and efforts to deter the birds from congregating have failed, a mayor has said.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

So to discourage them from congregating, simply provide less food.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

So when he heard on social media that Germans were congregating in Times Square, Altmeks readily pulled on a jersey of his hero Rudi Voller -- plus a wig mimicking the famed striker's blond curls.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

About once a week, when a bathroom was unusually crowded, staff would send the congregating students to a nearby room to question what they were doing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

“You may leave us,” said the Hamadryad to the Brown Bear who, after bowing humbly, ran off with his cap in his hand to where all the other animals were congregating round Mary Poppins.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers