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congregate

[kong-gri-gayt, kong-gri-git, -gayt] / ˈkɒŋ grɪˌgeɪt, ˈkɒŋ grɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt /


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On Sunday evening, Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff went to play football in Juhu, a leafy, affluent Mumbai neighbourhood where film stars live, fans congregate and celebrity sightings are a part of life.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

By 2021, they reached South Tufa, where tourists congregate to gaze at the rock formations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Feathers float over lawns and white goo covers areas where the birds congregate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

I was vaguely aware of a mechanical voice instructing people to congregate in yellow zones.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

The winter meetings have traditionally been where the MLB universe congregates for business.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

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

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

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

Police were initially called after a group of people congregated on Edgware Road on Thursday evening and blocked traffic.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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

But even with these measures, the unrelenting sun continues to bake the white marble surrounding the grounds of the Grand Mosque where most pilgrims have congregated in recent days.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

After road work, there were Turkish baths, where jockeys congregated for mornings of communal sweating.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

The day-long convention was over a month in the making, and it was difficult to get day laborers comfortable with congregating in person, Alvarado said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 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

“There’s something about having that moment when you’re congregating with people that you don’t always get to see.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

Hagrid added sharply, heading now toward the foot of the Astronomy Tower, where a small crowd was congregating.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling


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