collect
Example Sentences
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After Mount Arafat, pilgrims will spend the night in Muzdalifah, where they will collect pebbles for the symbolic "stoning of the devil" ritual in Mina, starting on Wednesday.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
That pressure trapped large amounts of dust, allowing small clumps known as pebbles to collect there.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
This reader, however, waited to collect his Social Security, but even then he had questions.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Woods is being asked to pay service charges and ground rent, with the possibility of a debt recovery agency being brought in to collect the money.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
About 6:00 a.m. we were ordered to collect our personal things.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing collect
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
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