line up

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Recent Examples of line up Ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026 Travelers line up all the way to the sidewalks for Transportation Security Administration checkpoints checks early Monday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport during the partial government shutdown on March 23, 2026. AJC.com, 23 Mar. 2026 Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz. Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026 Wallace, a two-year starter, could line up next to Lloyd or be challenged by another new recruit, most likely from April’s draft. Mike Kaye updated March 9, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for line up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for line up
Verb
  • Efforts are now underway to organize residents and explore legal options.
    Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The 21st Arbor Day celebration was organized by Harford County to plant native trees throughout the County.
    The Aegis, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Tatum registered his ninth assist less than three minutes after halftime and pulled down his 10th rebound just past the midway point of the third quarter.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
  • View Offers Or register for a free account to read just this article.
    Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Other types of angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) – which is the class of medications in which telmisartan is grouped – did not have the same anti-cancer properties.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • This might look like picking up items out of place, wiping down surfaces, tending to papers, folding blankets, and grouping like items.
    Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The story is told in the close third person, mostly aligning with Louise.
    Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The vote marks the first time administrators have joined a strike alongside other LAUSD unions and aligns all three major labor groups in a coordinated potential walkout, raising the likelihood of widespread disruptions in the nation’s second-largest school district.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But the behavioral parallels to vertebrate REM sleep are striking.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Speaking to adult-industry stakeholders, the image that emerges from Radvinsky’s career parallels that of a much more prominent online platform billionaire.
    Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • There's text messages about ordering ethylene glycol.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, supreme commander of the Luftwaffe, Hitler’s second in command, and the highest-ranking surviving Nazi leader, steps out of the car, stands at attention to announce his surrender, and orders the soldiers to carry his bags.
    Alice Kaplan, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Edmonton matched Pacific Division-leading Anaheim with 87 points, but has played one more game than the Ducks.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • This approach helps planners match conservation strategies to each setting, or transect zone – urban, suburban, seminatural, such as parks and golf courses, and core habitat, or undisturbed areas.
    Eve Bohnett, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The concierge specializes in Kyoto’s cultural events, and can help access exclusive ochaya with an interpreter, score tickets to the theater, book dinner reservations, a huge help in Kyoto, or help arrange meetings with monks and priests at the city’s Shinto shrines and temples.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026
  • These could be arranged into longer, songlike sequences that played automatically.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026

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“Line up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/line%20up. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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