Example Sentences

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“I am gearing up for having a tsunami of new cases,” says Jenny Doling, a bankruptcy attorney in Palm Desert, California, who serves on the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Chapter 13 Advisory Committee.

From Washington Times • May 4, 2020

I want to be able to TRY a date without feeling like I am gearing up for combat.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2019