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gathering

[gath-er-ing] / ˈgæð ər ɪŋ /


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In what unions have billed as Act Four of the three-week movement, some 71,000 people staged protests across the country on Thursday, with 24,000 gathering at the Bastille in Paris.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Local schools may take musical instruments gathering dust in your basement or attic as they did for me.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The idea was to reflect a new mission for this annual gathering of industry bigwigs: to “find low-carbon solutions for the world’s energy challenges.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Electrons belong to a group of particles called fermions, and quantum mechanics prevents fermions from gathering in the same state.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

When the sisters returned to Rochester, Leah, and her daughter, Lizzie, sat at a spirit gathering along with Rev. Lemuel Clark, who had become a regular participant.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

These documents were intended for the preparation of a regular meeting of senior German intelligence and security officials in the chancellery—one of the country’s highest-ranking and most closely guarded intelligence and security gatherings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The case returned to Belfast's Court of Appeal after UK government-led talks ended last week without agreement and rival gatherings in Portadown at the weekend passed without major incident.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Over the last few years, slide decks have shown up at house parties, matchmaking events and even in bars at gatherings like Lectures on Tap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

But Tribhuvan is still worried, an anxiety, he says, which reaches even the small prayer gatherings held closer to home when a church is too far away.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

"I have always wanted to know what you did at those sleepover gatherings of yours," Didu confesses to Shanti one afternoon.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins




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