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
Several nosey neighbours were beginning to congregate by open windows and doors.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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Teams that sign free agents or make blockbuster trades during the few days everyone of importance in the MLB universe congregates under one luxury hotel roof get out-sized applause for their moves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024
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
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
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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As the top stars congregated in New York for last year's US Open, Arthur Fery was looking in from the outside.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 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
Lemon pleaded not guilty to the charges at his February arraignment, as people congregated outside the courthouse to protest the case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Game animals congregated around the water, and hunters followed them there.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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
About once a week, when a bathroom was unusually crowded, staff would send the congregating students to a nearby room to question what they were doing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
We run over to the Black Alliance group congregating in the hall.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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