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Crowley and his backers had undertaken an intense late-July sprint to persuade Democrats to coalesce around him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

What the polls generally failed to foresee—and arguably shouldn’t have been expected to, given the fluctuating field—was that just enough voters would ultimately coalesce behind Crowley to put him over the top.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

His supporting cast of Europe-based almost-stars will need to coalesce big time.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

But Ms. Fridland cautions against assuming that we are destined to coalesce around a common manner of speech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

Steam began to coalesce in a film of vapor on the upper reaches of the windows, closing the courtroom in a little, muffling the pale morning light.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

A tense family coalesces around the memorial of its eldest son, cut down in the prime of what seems like an argument-leaden life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

A cohort of skilled people coalesces, and the Junglekeepers nonprofit is born, taking donations for land acquisition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

But IndieWire's Caleb Hammond said: "While this version contains its fair share of standout sequences along with Oscar-ready performances, the film never fully coalesces into an effective, singular, emotional narrative."

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024

All of it coalesces the sad moral of the story: these people are small.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2023

The group coalesces around the front-runners as Frederick and his pursuers get to their feet, all of them pasted with snow.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Opposition has also coalesced around religious appeals from a theologically diverse group of residents, leaders and politicians who see data center development as an affront to their most sacred values.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Cabinet reshuffles require parliamentary approval -- although lawmakers have largely coalesced around Zelensky since Russia's invasion, and do not typically block his agenda.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

Over the past few years, individual investors have coalesced into a market-moving force, upending hedge-fund bets, salvaging struggling companies and sending favored stocks straight to the moon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

A wary Tinseltown reluctantly coalesced around the Netflix bid, seeing it as the lesser of two evils, but Paramount's willingness to stump up ever greater sums eventually saw the streamer withdraw.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

Instead of dispersing, they coalesced into him, clustering in the folds of his ragged cloak, disappearing into his mouth, and flying around his head like a screaming halo.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

But as I held the shower over my head, suddenly the stream of water turned dark, as long strands of brown hair began coalescing around the plug hole in front of my eyes.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

These deals reflect a growing awareness that issues previously managed separately—such as identity and access management, model security, and security operations—are coalescing into a broader, unified challenge with AI, as agents work across systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

Opinion polls bear this out, with more voters saying they are undecided or coalescing behind any of the dozen prominent candidates who have announced bids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

Economists say Fed officials are coalescing around another rate cut due to continued concern about the health of the jobs market.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 22, 2025

The mare had taken him past the Corderos’ and into the graveyard, and he had seen the mists rising and pooling, coalescing into vaguely human shapes.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby