line up

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Recent Examples of line up The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) is lining up Korean Cinema programmer Jung Hanseok for its new festival director role, though the selection process isn’t yet complete. Sara Merican, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025 Kids and young adults line up ahead of their display at the children’s parade on the first day of the Carnival in Luanda, Angola. Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 Lucas Giolito has been lined up to pitch Boston’s fifth game of the season, the series opener against the Baltimore Orioles on March 31. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2025 Fans of the tangy, extra-airy doughnuts that come with a variety of fillings often line up hours before sales start for a chance to purchase some of the limited supply the Dunkels produce. Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for line up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for line up
Verb
  • Incorporating a set of packing cubes can encourage you to pare down and organize your clothing based on the type of clothes or the day.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The exhibit and sale, organized by Pacific Palisades native Heidi Farkash, will feature more than 250 artworks donated by San Diego County artists and art collectors, including works by James Hubbell, Italo Scanga, Larry Groff, James Aitchison, Joe Garcia and more.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • According to Darwin's Ark, nearly 5,000 cats have been registered for the project since 2024.
    Manuela López Restrepo, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
  • That is less than the 20.35% registered in mid-December, even farther below the record high of 20.79% set in August of 2024.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • How to Play Connections In Connections, players must group 16 words into four categories based on their relationships.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The index ranks countries on a 0 to 10 scale, based on ratings for 60 indicators that are grouped into five categories: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, the functioning of government, political participation and political culture.
    Avery Lotz, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • But the interests of national regulatory efforts and that of predominantly U.S.-based technology companies often don’t align.
    Camille Grenier, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Despite the court's progressive tilt, most justices aligned with majority-Republican plaintiffs who challenged the measure.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This parallels how coaches often motivate clients to celebrate progress and reinforce future follow-through.
    Amareen Dhaliwal, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Green parallels the why of it all to Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old arraigned for the brazen December 2024 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The strikes conducted Saturday by the U.S. military against Ansar Allah targets marked the largest-scale operation ordered by Trump since beginning his second non-consecutive term in office in January.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Some of those judges have ordered the Trump administration to put its plans on hold while legal proceedings move forward, sparking condemnations from the president's allies and threats of impeachment.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The matching coffee table spans 25 inches on all sides, offering plenty of room to rest drinks and snacks.
    Clint Davis, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Investigators later matched it to a shell casing from the shooting scene, police said.
    Michael Moore Jr., Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The institute once arranged for a Purim care package to be airdropped to a Jewish Coast Guard member 700 miles off the coast of Alaska, for example.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Every morning, the monks gathered there, arranging themselves on the long stone benches, to discuss the matters of the day.
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025

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