slowly gather
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to increase in speed, strength, or number slowly
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- The reform movement slowly gathered momentum after the election.
- As the train left the station, it slowly gathered speed.
- Over months of testing, the project slowly gathered support from investors.
- After surgery, she slowly gathered strength and returned to training.
- With each update, the app slowly gathers a following.
- The protests may slowly gather pace if prices keep rising.
- By winter, the wind had slowly gathered speed across the plains.
- If funding arrives, the initiative will slowly gather momentum.
- We watched the startup slowly gather steam throughout the year.
- Though initial interest was lukewarm, the idea has slowly gathered traction in academia.