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  • verb Present participle of congregate.

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  • noun the act of congregating

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Examples

  • And even though they were not afforded simple undergraduate luxuries such as congregating in public, they managed to pull off the impossible.

    Phillies Zone 2011

  • And even though they were not afforded simple undergraduate luxuries such as congregating in public, they managed to pull off the impossible.

    Phillies Zone 2011

  • The proposal pushed last summer would have prohibited people deemed to be gang members from "congregating" in

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post 2010

  • The injunction prohibits ESV gang members from participating in certain activities, such as congregating with other gang members within a designated safety zone.

    Victorville Daily Press : 2009

  • Every Sunday, more than a million people in Bogota join what has become a weekly ritual: congregating on the city's main roads temporarily turned into a network of bike paths known as the "Ciclovia".

    Colombia's Bike Paths Are Groundbreaker 2010

  • The Wall Street protestors aren't peaceful hippies congregating about greed or social inequality.

    Danny Schechter: What Is the OWS Agenda? Danny Schechter 2011

  • It also means no begging, no sitting or lying on public benches or sidewalks, no congregating in public space, and no sleeping outside.

    Paul Boden: The Quality of Whose Life? Part 2 Paul Boden 2010

  • As the evening progressed from congregating in the kitchen (naturally) around the most delicious hors d'oeuvres to gathering around the table for Peter Hoffman's exquisite fall dinner, we shared our stories.

    Liz Neumark: Life Happens Around Food Liz Neumark 2010

  • It also means no begging, no sitting or lying on public benches or sidewalks, no congregating in public space, and no sleeping outside.

    Paul Boden: The Quality of Whose Life? Part 2 Paul Boden 2010

  • Every Sunday, more than a million people in Bogota join what has become a weekly ritual: congregating on the city's main roads temporarily turned into a network of bike paths known as the "Ciclovia".

    Colombia's Bike Paths Spawn Sunday Ritual 2010

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