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How to use the word round-up in a Sentence?

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Tonight, the Democratic Party, their close allies in the mob in the media are in an utter state of chaos, poll numbers imploding. [President] Biden struggling in every single way. Many are in a state of despair. Some are predictably smearing their political opponents as racist. Others in Congress are throwing in the towel, retiring en masse. They want out completely. At least one media outlet is calling for the National Guard to round up unvaccinated Americans who dare to leave their homes.

– Jon Hatami

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Zelenskiy will probably be in the second round, up against either Poroshenko or Tymoshenko, which means that it's going to be a contest between the new and the old.

– Robert Brinkley

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Usually the prostitute gets arrested or the person who's running the brothel, so this is an unusual approach, to round up the' johns.' You see it happening periodically in jurisdictions where there's a major prostitution problem and he just got caught in the net.

– Robert Kraft

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I got a big truck, just in case I need to round up criminal illegals and take 'em home myself.

– Brian Kemp

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I’m introducing legislation that would abolish ICE and crack down on the agency’s blanket directive to target and round up individuals and families, the heartless actions of this abused agency do not represent the values of our nation and the U.S. must develop a more humane immigration system, one that treats every person with dignity and respect.

– Mark Pocan

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I ’m introducing legislation that would abolish ICE and crack down on the agency’s blanket directive to target and round up individuals and families, the heartless actions of this abused agency do not represent the values of our nation and the U.S. must develop a more humane immigration system, one that treats every person with dignity and respect.

– Mark Pocan

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Let's be crystal clear on the scope of this mission, this will not be a mission to build a new wall. It will not be a mission to round up women and children or detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life. And National Guard will not be enforcing federal immigration laws.

– Jerry Brown

Found on CNN
6 years ago

This will not be a mission to build a new wall. It will not be a mission to round up women and children or detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life, and National Guard will not be enforcing federal immigration laws.

– Jerry Brown

Found on CNN
6 years ago

When we started to round up the cats to take them inside, some of them actually ran inside knowing it was time to take shelter, sometimes I think they’re smarter than the human beings.

– Dave Gonzales

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

This is a clear high priority for my administration, we will be prepared to introduce legislation as quickly as we can … Donald Trump plans to round up immigrants … We will not be deporting families.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I don't think the American people expect us to round up and deport 12 million people.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Ted Cruz are not going to round up 12 million people, but we're not going to go around handing out citizenship cards either.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Frankly, we don't think it is possible to round up 11.5 million people and in any efficient fashion and escort them right out of the country. I just don't see how logistically you can make that happen, and let's say that you could -- that would have a very negative economic impact and I think Donald has discussed that enough.

– Javier Palomarez

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I think the reality is that the activism on legal issues is also getting bigger, every time you try to put the genie back in the bottle, you have to round up a greater number of people.

– Nicholas Bequelin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Believe me, I know that it's not going to be easy, that I'm going to have to work hard to earn every single vote and get every caucus-goer I can round up to show up next February.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
9 years ago

No one I know has a plan to round up illegal immigrants and send them back.

– Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

This is the only serious, thoughtful way to deal with this, no one I know has a plan to round up illegal immigrants and send them back.

– Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Ricky Here's what I'm gonna ask of you... We're going to be spending the night in New York, so it worked out well for all of us. I want you to take it back to the business class, I want you to round up a couple of honeys... At our hotel room we're gonna have kind of a pool party. California gangster-style, you know what I mean Kick ass pool party thing.

– Made

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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