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Before long, she had amassed significant debts and was forced to sell her north London townhouse and move into a smaller flat.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Lynrock Lake filed a securities disclosure last March changing to the stance of an activist investor and announcing that it had amassed 9.4 million shares in Teradata—about 10% of the company.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Before his death in 1982, he had amassed a collection of death-camp music, a large proportion of which now rests at the Holocaust Museum in Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

It accused the DR Congo and Burundian armies of bombing villages near the Rwandan border, and said Burundi had "amassed" nearly 20,000 troops in South Kivu in support of DR Congo's army.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Soon the Laughing Man had amassed the largest personal fortune in the world.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger