collecting

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What we are watching with her is someone collecting new credibility with each provocative and unlikely alliance while the actual content of her work continues largely unexamined by the outlets that cover her rise.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

These aircraft are used for maritime surveillance, although they are likely collecting information on Cuban military capabilities as well as tracking the Cuban leadership, Cancian said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

"The old methodology involved collecting thousands of experimental results and reinterpreting them to get the single number, the magnetic moment of the muon," Fodor said.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

It is expected to start collecting data just an hour after it is put into orbit.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Freddy and Teddy would chain their bikes up so that Danny couldn’t borrow them, even though they were in the garage collecting dust.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova