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as in accumulated
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range
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Verb
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The killings, prosecutors said, stemmed from a drug debt Escobedo accumulated from a cocaine trafficking operation.—
Darlene Superville,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Dec. 2024 -
Through 11 games, Brown has accumulated 56 catches for 946 yards and five touchdowns.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
21 Dec. 2024
Verb
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When that time eventually arrives, Claire accompanies Jamie to where his troops have been gathered.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
4 Jan. 2025
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The Pouch bag debuted at the label’s spring/summer 2020 collection, and its minimalist design featured a supple calfskin leather gently folded and gathered like a dumpling.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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As Baley navigates the investigation, tensions arise between Earth’s overcrowded, robot-wary society and the more advanced Spacer civilizations, which embrace robotic integration.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2025
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Israel would never allow hundreds of thousands of Gazans to move into the West Bank, where right-wing settlers have been driving Palestinians out of hillside farms and into overcrowded cities for decades.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In lieu of the usual venue of the Dolby Theatre, where nominees and their guests sit elbow to elbow in serried ranks, this year’s edition was held in Los Angeles’s cavernous Union Station.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2021
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The Emergency Operations Center is a large, bright room, with serried rows of wooden desks facing a wall of video screens.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
28 Dec. 2020
Adjective
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During a concert packed with wall-to-wall hits and jaw-dropping stage production, Justin Timberlake slowed things down Saturday night (Jan. 18) in Anaheim, California, to reflect on the devastating wildfires that have ravaged the neighboring Los Angeles County since last week.—
Katie Atkinson,
Billboard,
19 Jan. 2025
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Owner Josh Harris, GM Adam Peters, head coach Dan Quinn, Daniels, offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. are wall-to-wall improvements on predecessors Dan Snyder, Martin Mayhew, Ron Rivera, Sam Howell, Eric Bieniemy and Jack Del Rio, respectively.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The combination of environmental regulations protecting chaparral, combined with the dense residential areas near it, mean that prescribed fire is very infrequently used in Southern California.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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But the visual jokes are dense and the look works for the setting and comedic ethos, reflecting the junky tourist-trap aesthetic that Mumolo and Wiig celebrate.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Massed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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