collected
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County, ballot drop boxes are collected on a regular schedule by two election workers, according to the county registrar-recorder’s website.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
CodeNEXT was revised three times before dying in 2018 after a petition to force a vote on the project collected thousands of signatures.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
Samples were collected during daytime sleep after night shift work and during the following night shift.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
By 10:30, he has collected lunchboxes from homes and small kitchens across his neighbourhood and loaded them onto trains bound for offices across the city.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Many of those who weren’t natural writers gave interviews instead, and allowed their memories to be collected and published.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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