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Literary usage of the term "congregate" spans a wide range of contexts, from the natural world to human society. In descriptions of nature, it vividly portrays the imagery of animals gathering, as seen when turtles appear in untold numbers [1] or when wild fowl assemble in prodigious flocks [2]. In other settings, the word captures human assemblies, whether in vibrant, celebratory crowds at temple festivals [3] or in more subdued, purposeful meetings such as debates occurring outside classroom doors [4]. Furthermore, it conveys a sense of collective unity or disorder among people, as in cases where groups both desirable and undesirable come together in public places [5], [6]. Beyond physical gatherings, authors occasionally extend the metaphor to abstract realms, hinting at the congregation of thoughts or ideas within the mind as a region where sensations coalesce [7].
  1. In a certain locality where the hawks-bill turtle congregate in untold numbers, a remarkable deviation from the general habit has been observed.
    — from The Confessions of a Beachcomber by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
  2. The wild fowl congregate in prodigious flocks, and the ornithologist might find almost every order, genera and species in creation.
    — from The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 3, November, 1834 by Various
  3. At the Smasanākollai festival in honour of the goddess Ankalamma at Malayanūr, some thousands of people congregate at the temple.
    — from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston
  4. The studious congregate about the doors of the different classes, debating the matter of the lecture, or comparing note-books.
    — from Lay Morals, and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson
  5. No more shall that swaggering Host make mine own property the den in which these ruffians congregate, and lay their plots to rob and plunder me."
    — from William Shakespeare as He Lived: An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
  6. About ten minutes after the bell had rung for outside Appell the greater part of the prisoners would congregate [81] in the outer courtyard.
    — from The Escaping Club by A. J. (Alfred John) Evans
  7. The mind was the region where those aspects which real things present to the body might live and congregate.
    — from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

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