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She walked over to her dresser, the top of which held a few small glass sculptures of dolphins with iridescent eyes that she had been collecting off and on for more than a decade.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025

The person said HPS had been collecting payments on the loans until this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Frazee and Lubanski had been collecting bunnies since that first one, and they had enough in their arsenal to open the first location, in their Pasadena home, to the public by appointment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

Paterson said he was aware his colleague had been collecting evidence of this, but that the matter had not been raised within multi-disciplinary team meetings, which brought together NHS colleagues to discuss a patient's treatment.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

Joan had been collecting Regina’s checks and then banking them for her so that she’d have a small nest egg when she returned to the United States.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady