Example Sentences
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Cabinet reshuffles require parliamentary approval -- although lawmakers have largely coalesced around Zelensky since Russia's invasion, and do not typically block his agenda.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Though Rollins wrote several tunes now regarded as standards, like “St. Thomas,” “Oleo” and “Doxy,” his legacy rests in the singular way in which artistry and abandon coalesced in his playing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
What remains today of the banking business has coalesced around two banks that share the family’s five arrows motif.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
The fog coalesced around the summits, with sunset’s final rays transforming them into a gracefully undulating landscape of golden gauze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2025
And nor did Feral consciously summon the sheaves of cloud that coalesced around them, blocking out the sky, the horizon, the Cusp, shrinking the world to here—this garden and this garden alone.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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