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IAC has been accumulating shares of MGM Resorts, with the thesis that “there was no technology that was going to displace a customer from going to Las Vegas,” Diller said in his letter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

It is unclear how long the debt has been accumulating but both authorities have said they were trying to recover the remaining debts.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2024

Epidemiological and virological evidence for zoonotic transmission has been accumulating steadily, however.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2023

So when the rain comes, it doesn't just dapple us with light sprinkles, it drops the heavier load of moisture that has been accumulating for a longer time.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2023

Since the beginning of the world the snow has been accumulating, and is now transformed into vast masses of ice, which never melt, either in spring or summer.

From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)