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State and local officials reacted with shock when they learned Border Patrol agents had massed outside Newsom’s news conference Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025

With few good options to ensure security outside the airport where thousands had massed, desperate to catch a departing flight, U.S. military officials reached an uneasy agreement with the Taliban.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023

An Iraqi-Kurdish commander in charge of border areas, Gen. Bahram Arif Yassin, said Iranian forces had massed troops on the border but had not tried crossing over into the Iraqi Kurdistan region.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2022

The convoy had massed outside the city early last week, but its advance appeared to stall as reports of food and fuel shortages circulated.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2022

An imposing congregation had massed itself around her first certainties, and now it was waiting and she could not disappoint it at the altar.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan