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[gath-er] / ˈgæð ər /






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Any of those delays could have meant the police would have been unable to gather the evidence they wanted, they argued - and "given the gravity of this investigation", the police asked for search warrants.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Cameras mounted on their wrists and heads gather video footage, which is first used by off-site teleoperators to steer the robots, and later by Tau to train more advanced AI models.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Together with Caruso, we are proud to help bring the Bay back to life as a place for the Pacific Palisades community to gather around the shared experience of cinema,” Ellison said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Sharman, 62, spent $40,000 on his push to gather the 1,000 verified signatures required to get on the ballot for the midterms.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

When class is over, Luna and I gather up our things and head outside.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The Stanford microscope uses a related principle, but instead of relying on just two perspectives, its detector array gathers tens to hundreds of views.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

As El Nino gathers strength, global average sea surface temperatures hit a record 21.05C for September, topping the previous high of 20.92C for the same month in 2023, according to Copernicus.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

While Horwitz gathers material for a multipart series on Facebook’s inner workings, Covid-19 strikes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

In a kind of treasure hunt, Crouch gathers all the acorns on private lands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

“The more magic she gathers, the more magic will spill out.”

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

Student protests have continued for a fifth day in Albania's capital Tirana as students gathered outside the Ministry of Education to continue to demonstrate against poor education facilities, rising living costs and alleged government corruption.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Dozens of people gathered on a street in Bend, many accompanied by children of various ages, to hold a vigil late on Friday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

This week, the top council of soccer’s world governing body gathered in Zurich for the first time since his catastrophic plan to privatize part of the World Cup rights blew up over the summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

To understand how methane absorption changes over time, the researchers examined an extensive collection of soil gas measurements gathered through the FVA's long-running monitoring program.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

I gathered my belongings and stepped toward the signing area, the space slowly coming into view.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Warsh has vowed to cut down on providing insights into Fed policy positions, and on Friday again refrained from sharing his view of what may transpire at the October gathering.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The gathering came during a week when investor nerves over rising borrowing costs and AI labs’ profitability hit semiconductor stocks and the bonds of AI infrastructure providers such as CoreWeave.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

A defiant Infantino will come face to face with some of his fiercest critics at what could be a spicy gathering in Zurich.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Russia’s Federal Security Service, known as the FSB, said he had been charged with gathering reports connected to Russia’s defense capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

When the Japanese prohibit Filipinos from gathering in groups, churches organize resistance meetings inside chapels under the guise of worship.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly


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