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When world economic leaders gather, investors expect them to coalesce around joint challenges and quell rising anxiety in global markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Crowley and his backers had undertaken an intense late-July sprint to persuade Democrats to coalesce around him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

What the polls generally failed to foresee—and arguably shouldn’t have been expected to, given the fluctuating field—was that just enough voters would ultimately coalesce behind Crowley to put him over the top.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

She is concerned, however, that it will be difficult for voters to coalesce around any new candidate in just three months.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

As soon as there was a centre of gravity, or a ‘home’ in the sound, the relationship between chords also started to coalesce into hierarchies.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

A cohort of skilled people coalesces, and the Junglekeepers nonprofit is born, taking donations for land acquisition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, who often performs strongly early in sprint weekends before the natural order coalesces later on, was third fastest, 0.386secs off the pace.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

As it all coalesces, there is a sense of visceral, emotional catharsis that could only be achieved at the end of a long journey.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024

Sadly, we don't get to see whether this is true in the two-hour premiere which, like every other reality competition, coalesces around a few people who embody that episode's theme.

From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2023

The group coalesces around the front-runners as Frederick and his pursuers get to their feet, all of them pasted with snow.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Opposition has also coalesced around religious appeals from a theologically diverse group of residents, leaders and politicians who see data center development as an affront to their most sacred values.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Cabinet reshuffles require parliamentary approval -- although lawmakers have largely coalesced around Zelensky since Russia's invasion, and do not typically block his agenda.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

Over the past few years, individual investors have coalesced into a market-moving force, upending hedge-fund bets, salvaging struggling companies and sending favored stocks straight to the moon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Among the names the rumor mill has coalesced around at one time or another are Idris Elba, Tom Holland, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jacob Elordi and Callum Turner.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Had it been weaker, however, nothing would have coalesced.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

He predicted AI safety coalescing with concerns around the data-center build-out, which is becoming a key sticking point for voters.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

But as I held the shower over my head, suddenly the stream of water turned dark, as long strands of brown hair began coalescing around the plug hole in front of my eyes.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

“There were tiny lakes that started collapsing, coalescing and becoming one big, larger lake,” said Haritashya.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Opinion polls bear this out, with more voters saying they are undecided or coalescing behind any of the dozen prominent candidates who have announced bids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

For instance, this one, now, coalescing in the air like a queer humidity.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen