collect
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He said: "Bat boxes and other known roost sites were swabbed to collect eDNA samples, revealing the presence of the rare migrant bat."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Medical practices collect their payments in full only when their patients’ blood pressure or blood sugar actually improves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
These programs collect both blood and post-mortem brain tissue from people with and without Alzheimer's.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s in this moment, as we see Ron collect himself on the floor, that “The Chair Company” merges comedy and horror.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Most ratatoskas collect gossip. Ratwin collects directions, compass points, water routes. She knows the ways of the islands—where the krakens rise and where the nereids swim—better than any sailor I’ve ever met. Come on. Breakfast.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
I think the next big opportunity will come from identifying who collects the toll after all this infrastructure gets built.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Once their spring blooms are complete, Aggrey meticulously collects the seed pods from the clarkias, gilias and phacelias, processes the seeds and packages them for gifting before the subsequent spring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The material then collects in a spinning disk around the black hole.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has described the phenomenon as a public health issue, even though his government collects billions of reais in taxes from the sector.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
He has few possessions but collects friends wherever he goes.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
They go to WSG Tirol on Sunday having collected four points from their opening two matches - a win over Hartberg and a frustrating 1-1 draw at Wolfsberg, where Salzburg dominated.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Scientists have collected such images of fossil bone for roughly a century.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
These in turn make their way into the most widely collected earnings data for the S&P 500 and other indexes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A bond-market measure of real yields — which strips out the impact of expected inflation — recently reached its highest level since October 2023, according to data collected by the Federal Reserve.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
He greeted the guards; he collected his paints and his easel; he entered the Salon Carré.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
The Taliban are collecting tax revenues and signing deals in mining, energy and more with Beijing, Moscow, Abu Dhabi, and Tashkent, along with other neighbours.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Environmental Protection Agency to install air monitors and continue collecting date at nearby schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
After collecting the cells, the team removes the material from the brushes and uses forensic-level, next-generation sequencing technologies to isolate and amplify genetic sequences.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The 54-year-old has spent years collecting revolutionary memorabilia and reveres Castro as "the master."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
More students arrived to school on foot, and Moss noticed a group of them collecting across the street, their voices loud and exuberant, but not more so than the pulsing, formless entity outside the school.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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