preparing

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Kitchen workers were overwhelmed preparing mountains of shrimp.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Wes Streeting has quit as health secretary after days of speculation that he is preparing to mount a leadership challenge to Sir Keir Starmer.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

In 1972, as he was preparing for what would turn out to be his landslide reelection that November, President Richard Nixon made an historic trip to the People’s Republic of China.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Uganda is preparing to start crude oil exports in October, with higher global oil prices potentially increasing the value of these exports.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Many European leaders worried that Hitler was preparing Germany’s young people for war.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti