Example Sentences

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“It’s good for the picks and shovels, but it’s not good for the people who are assembling all the pieces.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The pitch from them both amounted to arguing that they are assembling what they see as a careful set of thoughtful, workable, iterative steps forward on asylum policy.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

Army and Navy troops are assembling a large floating platform several miles off the Gaza coast that will be the launching pad for deliveries.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

Several members of the Slate politics team are assembling on Zoom on Monday afternoon, and they’re excited to chat with you about the 2024 election.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2023

The workers there are assembling two tall wooden structures on either side of the pedestal.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman