collect

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The Iranian parliament earlier approved a plan to collect tolls on vessels traveling through the strait, state media reported.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

On Monday, the Iranian parliament approved a plan to collect tolls on vessels traveling through the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

This gives them the right to collect two extra payments of $2 a share each, provided that global sales of Syfovre, the company’s geographic atrophy treatment, hit specific yearly targets.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

According to Defra's Simpler Recycling guidance, from 31 March, waste collectors must collect the following separately:

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Conger ordered the Garrett sons to collect a few armfuls of straw and pile them against the side of the barn.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson