amass
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He inflated Navatek’s payroll to amass loans of $13 million, according to a federal indictment.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Jane’s father was the famed Sol Goldman, a scrappy Brooklyn grocer’s son who would at his height amass 1,900 properties across the city, including a stake in the Chrysler Building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Some Chinese companies have managed to amass clusters of Nvidia’s cutting-edge Blackwell chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
With $1,000 in seed money, babies born over the span of 10 years could collectively amass $83 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Each piece is registered in huge organizational folios that have taken centuries to amass.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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William amasses a mighty army to fight Harold for the crown, and the two sides meet at the Battle of Hastings.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Rogan, the exhibition amasses a remarkable range of portable abstract objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Wide receiver Makai Lemon has a standout game for USC, which amasses 517 total yards of offense in a 45-31 victory over Michigan State to move to 4-0.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
The president, in turn, has played the two sides off against each other to ensure, analysts say, that neither amasses too much power.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
Maybe if she amasses $4,000, her brother Marco will help her invest it in Honduras.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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A few, such as Jay Shetty and Alex Cooper, have amassed enough of an audience to build media companies around themselves and their brands – which are essentially one and the same.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Walton has since amassed 85 amateur bouts, twice won silver at the Junior Olympics and is unbeaten as a professional with three wins and a draw.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
It had amassed a wait list of around 25,000 New Yorkers before the location was announced, a company spokesperson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Kristy Shen is a Canadian millennial who retired in her early 30s with a CAD $1 million portfolio that she amassed together with her husband by maintaining a high savings rate while renting.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Tam Lin had treasures brought from the vast hoard of gifts the old man had amassed.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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On Sunday, Bloomberg reported that Mark Fischbach, a filmmaker and YouTube personality with nearly 40 million subscribers, had become the GoPro’s biggest shareholder after amassing an 8.5% stake in the company.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Some experts have warned that amassing too much space junk around Earth could lead to a dangerous chain reaction of collisions known as the "Kessler syndrome."
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
That is only a fraction of the heap of self-deception we’ve been amassing these past five months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The Hollywood Reporter said, external a lower-quality version appeared on X on Sunday, and was removed two hours later after amassing almost 50,000 views.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
He spent the rest of the day amassing a huge heap of pebbles and rocks, going farther and farther afield to find them.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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