verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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people
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An obvious place for people to congregate was crossroads.
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Simultaneously, he said, public places like squares, parks and plazas would be liberally placed where people could congregate .
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It was estimated that no fewer than 30,000 people could congregate at Grand Central without serious crowding.
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Although it was still only about four in the afternoon, a hundred thousand people must have already congregated .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Insects tend to congregate on the underside of leaves.
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Marchers were due to congregate at Market Square for an open-air meeting.
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On Friday evening, teenagers congregate outside the bars on Greene Street.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Canals already are fished by sneaky devils, who learn where fish congregate .
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Is your kitchen the sort of place where family and friends congregate for chats as a matter of course.
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Many insects have particular types of place where they congregate for mating.
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The four girls had congregated in her room.
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There is more than one way in which animals can congregate in the dark, or in the light.
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They congregate off campus before and after school and during lunch, hoping not to get busted by passing teachers and administrators.
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They multiply rapidly if ignored, however, and form an unattractive brown film wherever they congregate .
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Those that drive down usually congregate around two pubs near the ground.