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Participants in the People’s Procession, a march of ten thousand civilians, had been mustering since early morning, with veterans in wheelchairs moving alongside matrons in funereal black.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2018

In a recent interview at Avery Fisher Hall, Mr. Gilbert said that the Philharmonic had been mustering the partners and programs for the biennial for two years.

From New York Times • May 29, 2013

She knew that they had been mustering SCRUBBERS—otherwise, wild cattle from the broken country at the foot of Moongarr Range.

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Praed, Campbell, Mrs.

In the meantime the Americans had been mustering from all quarters to Stark's assistance, with such weapons as they had at hand.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

During the week Conal had been mustering and branding the cows and calves drafted from the scrub mob.

From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah