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On the eve of the full-scale invasion, UkrSCES had been gearing up for the most ambitious Ukrainian expedition in years to monitor the Black Sea environment.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 3, 2024

They hugged her and told her they had been gearing up for an intervention for six months.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023

The announcement surprised markets that had been gearing up for a default at the end of the grace period on Wednesday, which would have been Russia's largest major external default in over a century.

From Reuters • May 2, 2022

The announcement that Mr. Perdue would be temporarily off the campaign trail in the race’s final days startled some Republicans, who had been gearing up for Mr. Trump’s visit on Monday.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2020

For the two years prior to that attack this country had been gearing itself up to a high level of production of munitions.

From The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Roosevelt, Franklin Delano