line up

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Recent Examples of line up That time frame would line up with their popular, briefly revived sitcom being canceled at ABC in 2018, hours after Barr posted a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett, the former senior adviser to President Obama. Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 11 July 2025 That timeline lines up with Roseanne being canceled on ABC due to controversial tweets from Barr, leading to The Conners being created with Goodman leading the cast. Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 11 July 2025 Photographer Lorenzo Di Cola lined up this shot of the orange-yellow full moon setting behind the ruins of the Rocca Calascio castle in Italy just before sunrise on July 11. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 11 July 2025 Here is how the Diamondbacks will line up for Game 2: D-backs RHP Merrill Kelly (7-4, 3.55 ERA) The Diamondbacks have lost three of his last four starts (4.91 ERA). Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for line up
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  • Cort was also the senior class vice president, active with the volleyball and tennis teams and helped organize other school events.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 14 July 2025
  • The local hospitality workers’ union, Unite Here Local 49, had organized residents of the two apartment complexes that have opened in the Railyards over the past year — The A.J. and The Wong Center.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
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  • Click here to register and place a $5 bet on any of these markets and get the reward if your bet settles as a win.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
  • After the ceremony, new citizens were encouraged to register to vote at a table set up in the back of the room, staffed by the Maricopa County Recorder's Office.
    Hannah Dreyfus, AZCentral.com, 5 July 2025
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  • Nelson advises selecting the right plant for the right place, considering its sun or shade preferences, and grouping them accordingly.
    Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
  • Memorial Day ceremonies in West Chester are planned each year by local veterans groups VFW Post 7696 and Havelock D. Nelson American Legion Post 681.
    Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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  • The common thread is the need for planning that aligns long-term investment and operational execution with a shifting policy foundation.
    Tom Strohl, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • What are the policies, where are things that don't align?
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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  • There has yet to be a sufficient conversation focused on how faculty use the tool to enhance their performance that might parallel the ongoing one regarding student use.
    Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The timing of the shift paralleled a global push for deinstitutionalization, but Italy took it further in many ways, becoming the first country in the world to abolish its asylum system.
    Asia London Palomba, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
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  • Some of those claims were dismissed by a judge in 2024, but the lawsuit was still ordered to move forward; in June, however, Lizzo filed an appeal aimed at shutting it down for good on the grounds that the dancers’ claims clashed with her First Amendment rights.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 July 2025
  • The company has been ordering fireworks a year in advance, Marietta said.
    Tim Hrenchir, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems matches both When the Sun Goes Down and his Greatest Hits compilation.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • While State Farm cites climate trends and home replacement costs going up, Scarr says only clear oversight will ensure the numbers match reality.
    Catrina Barker, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • Horowitz spent decades arranging for Sondheim’s archives to come to the Library of Congress.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2025
  • The controversy comes at a time the United States is trying to arrange a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025

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