Example Sentences

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Thousands of Karabakh Armenians have massed at the airport seeking the protection of Russian peacekeepers there.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2023

American authorities have put concertina wire across the river bank, but migrants have cut holes in it, and have massed in large groups on the U.S. side.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

In the last few years, roosting crows have massed in the thousands around Plaza del Sol in Sunnyvale, the city square that houses cafes, restaurants and a few software companies.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2022

Amurllah Saleh, Afghanistan’s vice president under the country’s absent President Ashraf Ghani, wrote on Twitter that Taliban fighters have massed near the province after facing ambushes.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2021

The facts that you have massed together of the practical application of these principles give the best evidence of thorough research and study.

From Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum by Sullivan, James William