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gather

[gath-er] / ˈgæð ər /






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The California measure’s principal sponsor, the Service Employees International Union, and its allies will have to gather nearly 875,000 signatures of registered voters by June 24 to reach the ballot.

From Los Angeles Times

Christmas gatherings may have caused a resurgence in flu and other winter viruses, NHS leaders say.

From BBC

In downtown Los Angeles, dozens gathered at Placita Olvera to call for an end to immigration raids that have brought terror to American communities, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.

From Los Angeles Times

Current theories suggest that the gas making up the intracluster medium slowly gathers and heats up as gravity pulls an unstable galaxy cluster inward over time.

From Science Daily

When it runs out, he jumps from one rooftop to another to gather buckets of water from nearby cisterns.

From The Wall Street Journal