collect
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Rahimzai said that last year, "most of the mines were not registered, and there was no system to collect the fees from them".
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Wearing disposable gloves, he used aluminum foil to collect the meteorite fragments and placed them in glass jars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
He was ordered to leave the headphones many hours' drive away in Poland where he noticed "a guy on a bicycle" collect them from beside the road.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
JetBlue said in a statement that it doesn’t collect information regarding customers’ immigration status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
If I didn’t collect over $300 by tomorrow, then...
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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 facilities are structured to amortize over time as CoreWeave collects cash from long-term customer contracts with the debt expected to be fully repaid by the time the contracts expire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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
Mr. Grote shows me how he grows wild rice in the stream and collects the seeds.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
When scientists exposed laboratory-grown neurons to blood plasma collected from participants after the retreat, the neurons developed longer branches and formed more connections.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Since 1992 - the year before data on obesity in England was first collected - 14 national obesity strategies have been published.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Phillips 66 collected $3.8 billion, more than four times the profit it made during the same period last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Their calculations included the energy needed to travel between Mars and different asteroids, the amount of metal that could realistically be collected, and the fuel required to complete the journey.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Even before the hurricane, Brother’s Keeper collected donations and distributed food and clothing and other necessities to the folks in our community who needed them most.”
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
In addition, its large upper beak appears to have been well suited for collecting tactile information from the surrounding environment.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Once we begin collecting Social Security and our pensions, we’ll receive about $110,000 annually, which should cover our living expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
Joe Thompson joined the app to reconnect with his childhood hobby of coin collecting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Jenner hates the paparazzi for invading her privacy but sees no moral quandary in collecting a check from Mark Zuckerberg, who wants to invade everyone’s privacy.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
If you accidentally stepped in a pile of chicken droppings while collecting eggs one morning, what would you do?
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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