collect

Example Sentences

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Mia Cooper gathered report cards from her daughter’s first through third grade, documentation of student committees Honey had participated in and principal awards she had been collecting since first grade.

From Los Angeles Times

David said he believed the problems had been made worse by some city residents not understanding the recycling system, as well as black bags only being collected from households every three weeks.

From BBC

Friday’s filing in the Court of International Trade offered the clearest picture yet of how the government envisions repaying $166 billion in tariffs that it collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA.

From Barron's

She collected people like her dog collected burrs — random encounters in the park that somehow stuck.

From Los Angeles Times

Then it rained, and the water collected in pools and the pools made holes in the ice.

From Literature