congregate
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Large numbers congregate along the Palm Beach County coast each winter, while smaller groups can be found there throughout the year.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
"They know where the species congregate and where the nursery grounds are."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 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
Feathers float over lawns and white goo covers areas where the birds congregate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Solitary confinement around the clock, with idleness during the day: Elam Lynds, before he hit on the congregate system, tried it back in 1821.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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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
In the last year, she’s found a welcoming home in the Edinburgh folk music scene that congregates around Captains Bar.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 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
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The county said they congregated around a homeless encampment and that “they were also going on private property and impeding work at the oil field.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 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
On Saturday, 500,000 mostly young attendees congregated with Leo outside Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium for a prayer vigil that stretched into the night.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
Many friends had come to say good-bye the night before and in the very early morning—but now only the family was congregated on the porch.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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So to discourage them from congregating, simply provide less food.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Authorities in Mexico City say they will again erect screens along the Paseo de la Reforma, the capital’s iconic thoroughfare, but will space them out to keep crowds from congregating at a single point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 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
In recent years, attendance has varied widely from day to day, with employees congregating midweek and often working remotely on either side of the weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
We run over to the Black Alliance group congregating in the hall.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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