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There, the Army Corps of Engineers is mustering about $1.2 billion taxpayer dollars to build a barrier that will, hypothetically, stop the carp from getting to the lakes.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2023

The Chinese central government said it is mustering manufacturers to send 100,000 hazardous-materials suits and millions of face masks to Wuhan, where hospitals reported a shortage of beds and doctors collapsing from exhaustion.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2020

But the coal industry is mustering all the weapons it can: lobbying, legislation, litigation and a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign trumpeting the benefits of “clean coal.”

From New York Times • May 30, 2012

The super-telescopes in the Atacama desert Photograph: Sofia Ismail/BBC/Sofia Ismail In the Atacama desert in Chile, a new generation of super-telescopes is mustering.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2011

He went on: 'Ninnis is mustering with Moongarr Bill and the others, a good way off, and they're camping out to-night....

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