Example Sentences

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Gates is gearing up for his congressional appearance on June 10, with staff helping him to prepare, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

It is gearing up to be an interesting summer at the City Ground.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Southern California is gearing up for a third straight day of record-breaking temperatures as an unusually long and strong March heat wave pushes the mercury up to 35 degrees above normal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

France is gearing up for municipal elections this month, with a presidential candidate testing his popularity and the far right eyeing gains ahead of a crunch vote for the country's top job next year.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

A handy formula to remember is, gearing = T/t × D, where T = teeth on large chain-wheel; t = teeth on small chain-wheel; and D = diameter of driving-wheel in inches.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald