piece together
Example Sentences
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This month, Slovenia’s intelligence department began reaching out to other European spy agencies to try to identify the visitors—and piece together a mystery that has reverberations from Ukraine to Israel to the war in Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Authorities are reviewing video footage and interviewing witnesses to piece together the timeline of events.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
To piece together what is happening below, scientists examine lava flows, rock textures, and minerals left behind at the surface.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
From there, investigators can sometimes find distant relatives to help piece together a family tree that can point to a suspect.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Now, from California, lying on his bunk in the evenings, so sore he could barely move, Milton consulted a Greek-English dictionary to piece together reports on his navy life.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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