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If you don’t offer food to wild birds, they will be less likely to congregate in your backyard or garden.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

"They know where the species congregate and where the nursery grounds are."

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

By 2021, they reached South Tufa, where tourists congregate to gaze at the rock formations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

The waters off the Indian Ocean coast where throngs of swimmers will soon congregate are home to the world’s three most-dangerous shark species.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Come November, as the weather turns cold across the rest of the country, some five thousand snowbirds and drifters and sundry vagabonds congregate in this otherworldly setting to live on the cheap under the sun.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

The winter meetings have traditionally been where the MLB universe congregates for business.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 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

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

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

Dozens of young people congregated at Nepal's burnt-out parliament building on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of deadly anti-corruption protests that toppled the former government.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

And he liked having meals with his family at what is now the Denny’s in Gower Gulch, a place where aspiring cowboy actors once congregated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

With two hours to go, the eclipse-hunters congregated on the westward-facing slope of Picón, clutching the glasses that would make it safe to look at the sun’s corona.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

Every traveller on the train seemed to be congregated outside the door.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

So to discourage them from congregating, simply provide less food.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

It also said the shop had been reported as a serious nuisance with cars pulling up and parking on double yellow lines, groups of people congregating outside the premises, plus issues with litter and noise.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 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

“There are so many people walking their kids to maybe 15 different schools. And then they’re all congregating at Ralph’s afterwards. Schools start at 8, and it opens at 8.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

We run over to the Black Alliance group congregating in the hall.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold