- present participle of gather.
gathering
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McCartney said passengers had completed the normal departure process on Saturday night, collecting their boarding passes and gathering at the gate before the flight was called off after more than two hours of delays.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
As she was gathering her thoughts, Sen. Tim Scott jumped in to say: “I think it’d be helpful for us to talk about the issues of tomorrow and not yesterday.”
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Also in focus is this week's annual gathering of central bankers, economists and finance chiefs in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where the Federal Reserve's boss Kevin Warsh is due to speak.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
As the writer and the actor spend time together, and the narrator tries to pry open some small window into M’s psyche, the process of gathering material is constantly being thwarted by M’s casual instructability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
She took off cantering back toward the center of town, where the society belles were gathering for an afternoon outing.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
These rare real-life gatherings of young people in the social media era are also gaining popularity in Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The gatherings help family members get to know each other and “make sure that knowledge and affinity for the company continues,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
For Matt, who says he has already tried therapy to treat his social anxiety, what began as a way to get through nights out now extends to dates and family gatherings.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The excerpt below is a scene from a dinner party in which one character launches into a riff about the pervasiveness of Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbook recipes at social gatherings.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
These gatherings provided the one time in the year when all of those good village people associated with the followers of the Church of God in Christ.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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