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Recent Examples of gear up
Amazon shoppers are gearing up for the cold weather with cozy athleisure.
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Isabel Garcia, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Sixteen acts were revealed Wednesday as Detroit's Memorial Day weekend techno festival, Movement, gears up for its next edition at Hart Plaza.
—Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
The holiday season is in full swing, and hotels around the world are gearing up to welcome revelers of all ages to celebrate.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Austin Butler appears to be gearing up for a new role, and is committing to the part with a dramatic new hairstyle.
—Alex Gonzalez, SPIN, 6 Dec. 2024
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Isabel Garcia, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Sixteen acts were revealed Wednesday as Detroit's Memorial Day weekend techno festival, Movement, gears up for its next edition at Hart Plaza.
—Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
The holiday season is in full swing, and hotels around the world are gearing up to welcome revelers of all ages to celebrate.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Austin Butler appears to be gearing up for a new role, and is committing to the part with a dramatic new hairstyle.
—Alex Gonzalez, SPIN, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Spartans mounted nothing offensively until the final seven minutes.Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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These tiny indents are made (and read) using a fine-tip probe mounted on an atomic force microscope … not by a reed stylus.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2024
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Later, Schwimmer and accomplices turned themselves in; most of them were Jewish, and argued that seeing the abject cruelty and genocide perpetrated against the Jews in the Holocaust steeled their resolve to make a righteous moral choice.Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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Companies have also been steeling themselves for a busier-than-usual holiday season.Erika Tulfo, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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Leveraging Reputation Metrics For A Competitive Edge Understanding reputation metrics allows leaders to make proactive changes to fortify brand standing.Adam Petrilli, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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The President-elect has also vowed to shut down the CBP One asylum application app, end the catch-and-release policy, reinstate the Remain in Mexico program, and take assertive measures to fortify the border as part of his hard-line immigration strategy.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Smith began working ahead of the 2018 midterm election to educate and register Black and brown voters, contracting with Rock The Vote, among others.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Children are never too young to become Swifties, which is why one mom has delighted the internet by educating her four kids on the singer's backlog of music videos (AKA theatrical masterpieces).Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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The lakes in northern Indiana were freshly frozen, and big bluegills were schooled up and biting like blackflies under the new ice.Wilson H. Stover, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
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An apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction.Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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Airports are bracing for potential delays as winter weather disrupts flights.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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While only a few companies are set to release earnings reports this week, the stock market is bracing for a potentially pivotal moment.Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2024
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Advocacy groups are readying to defend those benefits should Trump target California over the issue.Angela Hart, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Marvel has already kicked off the season with a new multiplayer game, while other studios are readying their own dose of nostalgia with games set for the Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Alien franchises.Theara Coleman, theweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Real estate agent Peter Klaven (Rudd) has just proposed to his fiancée, Zooey (Rashida Jones), but can’t possibly prepare for his wedding without having a best man.Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Port of Los Angeles spent months preparing for the possibility of a dockworkers strike on the East Coast, Seroka told The Times in October.Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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