round up

Example Sentences

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That provision was offered because Warner board members have expressed concerns that Paramount may not be able to round up sufficient financing to close such a gargantuan deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

A core of Minneapolis activists is playing a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the federal agents deployed in force to the midwestern city to round up undocumented immigrants.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Staff called on Shelley Ridgeon, a stray dog collection officer contracted by Fenland District Council, to help round up the animals.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

In other words, round up the usual suspects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

A man in the store had said, “I don’t think you’d round up a mob so easy to go against him if it was a matter between Trav Burdow and the Creightons this year.”

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt