collect

Example Sentences

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Tom's main role was with search and rescue dog teams, which had been tasked with searching for bodies and collecting debris and evidence from the crash.

From BBC

That was the first real chance of the game and Conceicao was more clinical a minute before the break, the Portugal forward lashing home with his left foot after collecting Andrea Cambiaso's neat flick.

From Barron's

UVS collects ultraviolet light to study the makeup of Europa's atmospheric gases and materials on its icy surface.

From Science Daily

A new examination of spacecraft data collected more than ten years ago suggests that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, probably does not contain a massive ocean beneath its frozen surface, as scientists once believed.

From Science Daily

Hundreds of thousands of guns will be collected and destroyed, the government predicts.

From BBC