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[gath-er] / ˈgæð ər /






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Thompson suspects that some applications may sit open or ask scores of questions to suck up data and gather business ideas for free — and she’s not alone.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The CDC is still working with 3,000 health departments to gather data and it continues to collect data on cyclospora through surveillance sytems other than FoodNet, HHS told the BBC.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

“I gather that everyone here is 100% certain Graham Platner is a Nazi antisemite,” the left-wing journalist Ryan Grim wrote on Bluesky in early March.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Local stock exchanges used to be common in the U.S., providing a place for buyers and sellers of securities to gather to trade.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

I gather my old school stuff and move it off my desk, leaving it in a stack on the floor.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The observations confirmed that a young star's accretion rate, or the speed at which it gathers material, naturally slows as it ages.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

He adds: "Once it takes root and it becomes melded to an emotional moment, like winning a first World Cup game, it just takes on this emotional life and quickly gathers an immediate nostalgia."

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

The exhibition gathers an abundance of archival materials, sketchbooks, architectural drawings, prototypes, models and maquettes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

After returning from her final visit to Saudi Arabia, Korkejian wrote album opener “On My Own” — a piano ballad cradled by a quivering Mellotron as a full band gradually gathers around her.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Joey gathers her belongings—typewriter, books, medals, records, her beloved doll—and says goodbye to her friends.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Americans from both camps, along with Gannon, gathered at Tahnoon’s McLean mansion, and took their seats in his living room couches.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

On a recent Sunday in Tuskegee, parishioners gathered outside Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, grappling with the Supreme Court ruling and their future in the district.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

LOS ANGELES—Hundreds of young women, and a handful of men, gathered on a sweltering June day in Hollywood searching for a love story.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Saar’s studio is packed with relics gathered from sidewalks and swap meets in L.A., and from trips to Marrakesh, Mexico, Nigeria, Haiti and Brazil.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Some nights, groups of church members, concerned about the increasing interest in the occult, gathered outside the house to protest.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The persistent offending saw the tourists issued with a general warning about the ill-discipline, before Kriel scored just before half-time after gathering a speculative Moyo cross kick.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

The UN General Assembly, a major gathering of world leaders, takes place in September at UN headquarters in New York.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Over the past several years, Wall Street and Washington, D.C., have grown used to being able to reliably predict what the Federal Reserve would do at its interest-rate meeting, weeks before the gathering took place.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

The city Department of Transportation began outreach in May 2025 and spent about a year gathering feedback from businesses and residents, according to spokesperson Colin Sweeney.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The maid was up in a crouch now, gathering the bath towels, making her quick escape and banging the door behind her.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck




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