Example Sentences

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A fire had ignited high in the hills of Pacific Palisades, and smoke was massing over the bone-dry ridgeline.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

US intelligence spotted that the mercenary group leader was massing weapons, ammunition and other equipment near the border with Russia, CNN reported.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2023

When I first met him, with Rice, was when Turkey was massing its forces in Northern Iraq to invade Iraqi Kurdistan.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 19, 2019

The rebels and political opposition said the government side was massing forces to launch a ground attack in the area.

From Reuters • Dec. 31, 2016

It required no acute mind to perceive that the Southern commander expected the main attack to be made here, and was massing his troops in force to receive it.

From The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)