collect
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The lightened tanker transits the canal and can collect the oil on the other side, or another ship can load it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The Israeli military has said that troops were sent to Qusra and that police would investigate and collect evidence.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The plaintiffs asked the court to declare the surveillance policy unlawful, vacate it and prohibit Homeland Security from continuing to collect and maintain records describing individuals’ protected First Amendment activities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
At age 62, he is entitled to collect up to 50% of the amount of his ex-spouse’s Social Security benefits, if they are greater than yours.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
I try to collect my thoughts, to figure out how to explain why this feels so wrong.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Its holding is worth about $115 million at the current stock price — peanuts for a company that collects revenue of about $5 billion a year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
As tissues respond to those signals, the scanner collects the information needed to generate an image.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Andrew Gula, a petition committee member and volunteer who collects signatures at state festivals, said that the public response has been overwhelmingly positive.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
The bill will be 9.4% higher than last year’s holiday cookout, according to Datasembly, a company that collects prices for retailers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
He collects his laptops and his thermos and goes inside, with CPU trotting after him.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Based on epidemiological information collected by the CDC, a total of 1,947 people infected with cyclosporiasis across those states said they became ill after eating Taco Bell between June 22 and July 20.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
In 2023, 45 states collected nearly $300 million, according to the Institute for Justice, which represents Mr. Jouppi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The researchers began with blood samples collected with permission from people with Alzheimer's disease at the NIH-funded Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The only major straits where a toll is still collected are the "Turkish Straits" of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, which are governed by earlier agreements, signed in Montreux in 1936.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
“I do not know, but the information I have collected suggests she is back at the lab.”
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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The company could get aggressive at these auctions by not only collecting spectrum as a potential bargaining chip, but also by bidding up prices and raising the cost of business for its rivals, Zhu noted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
In recent years, the nonprofit A Step to Freedom has grown rapidly, collecting millions of dollars from the government to house and feed homeless people coming out of jail in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
He struck twice as England stormed into a 4-0 half-time lead against France, first reacting quickest after Marcus Rashford's saved effort before collecting Eberechi Eze's through ball and calmly firing into the bottom corner.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The glory would be in seeing how quickly Nicolson could hustle a new and alarmingly large Bentley Continental GT S up the driveway without collecting any hay bales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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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