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Recent Examples of gear up
Still, whatever the positive signs, business is gearing up for a fight if the government wants to lift taxes again.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2025
Second-half optimism—with caveats DDF is now gearing up for a busy summer at Dubai International (DXB).
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
The actor, who is gearing up for the second season premiere of his MSNBC travel series Leguizamo Does America, spoke with PEOPLE ahead of the show's release and reflected on his experience filming a movie with his daughter Allegra, 26.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 5 July 2025
That the group spans artists, writers, musicians and taste-makers within the Black community comes as no surprise as the museum − which has fallen under criticism for insensitive themes in the past − gears up to embrace a gala inextricably bound to Black identity.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2025
Second-half optimism—with caveats DDF is now gearing up for a busy summer at Dubai International (DXB).
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
The actor, who is gearing up for the second season premiere of his MSNBC travel series Leguizamo Does America, spoke with PEOPLE ahead of the show's release and reflected on his experience filming a movie with his daughter Allegra, 26.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 5 July 2025
That the group spans artists, writers, musicians and taste-makers within the Black community comes as no surprise as the museum − which has fallen under criticism for insensitive themes in the past − gears up to embrace a gala inextricably bound to Black identity.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gear up
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Senate Republicans face mounting pressure from Trump, who has described the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) as worse than mainstream cable news networks and demanded that the Senate follow through with the defunding effort.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Unless shareholders mount a legal challenge to the later date, however, there are no repercussions for the company.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
11 July 2025
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Because the World Cup will be played in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, those countries have been spared an arduous qualifying competition — tense games that would have steeled them for the tournament ahead.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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The founders of Chime trudged into Amino Capital's bare-bones office early one Saturday morning in the summer of 2013, steeling themselves for disappointment.—
Stephen Pastis,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Both cow's milk and oat milk may be fortified with vitamins A and D, so check the label for vitamin content.8 Vitamin A: Helps to keep the skin and eyes healthy.—
Lana Barhum,
Verywell Health,
12 July 2025
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Khan, by contrast, is being tasked with a narrower but highly strategic mission: fortifying Apple's supply chain, localizing production, and driving environmental accountability.—
Nate Bennett,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Lin was educated in China and Europe, but lived in the U.S. for three decades.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
5 July 2025
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In 2021, the city created a civilian community liaison position to connect police with citizens and educate the public.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
4 July 2025
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Instead of being schooled as a courtesan, Alix has been shipped off to England in order to learn the skills required of a proper English wife.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Over time, seeing Griffith and other songwriters such as Don Sanders and Eric Taylor schooled Lovett on how songwriters expressed themselves through their music.—
Glenn Peoples,
Billboard,
30 June 2025
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Born into the cult, Prophet draws comparisons between the group’s apocalyptic dogma (braced for a Soviet nuclear strike, the church built extensive Montana bomb shelters in the early 1990s), and Christian Nationalism, QAnon and the MAGA movement.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Chicago is bracing for another violent 4th of July weekend as Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell continues to fight for answers in his brother's 2022 murder in the Windy City.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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That phase entails readying the land for the future Wawa site as well, road improvements on Billtown Road to better accommodate the development and extending Gellhaus Lane through the project site as part of the future expanded Veterans Drive.—
Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
13 July 2025
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The Hollywood Reporter reported in April that Bieber had assembled a new team and was readying the next chapter of his professional career.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
13 July 2025
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Drink it in the sun to refresh while preparing, use it in your recipes to caramelize or sweeten and pair it to help your tongue handle when there’s a lot going on.—
Chelsea Davis,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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But as Lee illustrates, there is a new generation of Native activists prepared to fight the good fight.—
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