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Congregating people with disabilities together, then adding a thick layer of protective rules, is an old model, Laitinen explains, based on fear that something bad could happen.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

Congregating multiple times a day to pray is fundamental, with a quorum of 10 adult males often required.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2020

Congregating under the hot midday sun in a baseball field for an “El Paso Strong” event, some held homemade signs.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2019

Congregating in their boats near the scene of the disaster, the men prod the bed of the river with their spears, working systematically up and down river and up the small side streams.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

Congregating on the under surfaces of the leaves, the red spiders exhaust the sap and cause the leaves to fall, producing the effect known in Germany as “fire-blast.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various