gather momentum
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“With tariff pressures fading and tax cuts beginning to fuel an increase in capital spending, the economy will gather momentum in 2026.”
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
Within five years a French resurgence would gather momentum, driven by the intervention of a 17-year-old peasant girl known as Joan of Arc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
It was, however, another message delivered by the German manager that will carry wider significance as England gather momentum towards next summer's World Cup.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
The group had real, scrappy energy, and for a few days, I watched as they seemed to gather momentum and help drive the issue to the forefront of the conversation at the convention.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2024
Such differences may set in motion slight whirling movements analogous to terrestrial storms, and these presumably gather momentum from the sun's own energy.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth