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Recent Examples of gear up
As air traffic controllers gear up for their sixth unpaid week, massive travel disruptions due to staffing shortages have become a daily occurrence.
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Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
After grinding across the eastern end of Cuba, forecasters expect Melissa to gear up for a third landfall in as many days, this time on the central and southeastern Bahamas as a Category 2.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Fans can also gear up for Hocus Pocus 3, which is in production as of October 2025.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
If your workwear drawer is filled with old, worn out clothes, now’s the time to gear up.
—Christopher Murray
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Most reported 10 to 12 months is a standard timeline to preserving an animal and mounting for customers.—
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For a more permanent setup, mounting it on the ceiling keeps the projector out of the way and minimizes the risk of people, pets, or objects impeding the projection.—
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Decades of discrimination would steel her character and resolve.—
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The Pats are back because of who their quarterback has become, and who Mike Vrabel is as a head coach; a man capable of steeling a brittle roster into a dogged competitor.—
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Overall, though, New Jersey didn’t land enough difference-makers to fortify the club’s supporting cast.—
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Foods like yogurt and kefir offer gut-friendly probiotics, and milk is often fortified with vitamin D.—
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Last session, lawmakers nearly passed a $3 million bill to help school districts educate students who need additional services, like a full-time nurse or an ASL interpreter, that can cost more than $50,000.—
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
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In 2007, by then in her mid-80s, Soskin became a National Park ranger, schooling visitors on Black women’s contributions to the WWII effort in the face of discrimination.—
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The enrollment dates are for all district families to express preferences on what district school their children attend, something the district does every year.—
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The Texas Education Agency will meet with the Lake Worth community Wednesday as the school district braces for a state takeover.—
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Dean, as Ruby’s ambitious friend and mentor who is also braced for loss, is particularly outstanding, while Todd Field nicely depicts the solace and agonies one faces when establishing tight boundaries in life.—
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After the speech, Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez, a Democrat who has led the legislature’s AI regulation push, said conversations were ongoing and that a task force created by Polis was readying language for more legislation.—
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The litigation is unfolding as SoFi Stadium readies to host 2026 FIFA World Cup games, the 2027 Super Bowl and 2028 Olympic events.—
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Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Chris Williams planned to assist Fincke and Cardman in suiting up and preparing the tools and equipment that would be needed outside the space station.—
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
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“Gear up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gear%20up. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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