Example Sentences

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Hims & Hers already hinted to investors in February that it was gearing up for “future categories like peptides.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

The day before, I’d heard something similar from Catherine Spindler, president of Sephora Europe and the Middle East, who was gearing up for SEPHORiA, the company’s multicity event for beauty fanatics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

On release, he was also sent back to Mexico in January, just as Trump was gearing up for his inaugural speech.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2025

And on Tuesday, Fuhr, 61, a television analyst for Coachella Valley Firebirds home games, was gearing to watch that Kraken AHL farm team play the Milwaukee Admirals on the road in the Western Conference final.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

The coverage only lasted a couple minutes before the station flipped over to this pretaped feature about how the average Iraqi was gearing up for war.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx