piece together
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In the past, scammers would have manually combed through social-media profiles and other online data to piece together details about potential targets and obtain contact information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Other times, they will piece together information from different people to create a “synthetic identity,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
"It is a difficult jigsaw to piece together and we have to work out how to treat these players should they want to leave LIV and rejoin," said a senior tour source.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Pierre likens Jordan to a massive puzzle that Stewart is trying to piece together without any instructions or even a reference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Around the world, experts tried to piece together the fragments of information they did have in order to form a picture of what was happening.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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