Example Sentences

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Fights between cash-strapped owners and their unpaid, unsupplied crews are accumulating.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

But "deficits are accumulating and deficits are turning into debt", said the former minister.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

“We focus so much on the San Andreas, but we have this whole suite of active faults that are accumulating strain.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

Global efforts to tackle climate change are wildly off track, says the UN, as new data shows that warming gases are accumulating faster than at any time in human existence.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024

We are accumulating, concentrating now, for the summer offensive.

From Towards the Goal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.