round up

Example Sentences

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It makes little sense to round up and deport those who haven’t committed crimes and are gainfully employed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 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

His 42-year-old son, David, also has had discussions with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds to round up outside money should Paramount’s bid prove successful, according to knowledgeable people.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

For the next forty-eight hours, all the WEC members we could round up worked frantically, putting the names, addresses and phone numbers of all thirty thousand registered voters in Little Rock onto note cards.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine