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The effort has gathered steam in the past two years, she said.

The debate is clearly gathering steam at the top levels.

The children's health issue is gathering steam among Republicans, too.

But for now, commercial efforts seem to be gathering steam most quickly.

I was still gathering steam for the big push to come.

The market in Britain also seems to be gathering steam, up 10 percent for the year.

The global credit crisis had gathered steam during the 2007-2008 period.

Not quite yet, says the Pentagon, even though the idea is gathering steam.

Two new versions of the Stock act are gathering steam.

But a high-profile campaign against the law is gathering steam.

So I think that the accord is already kind of gathering steam.

As the street process gathered steam the government turned the Internet off altogether.

China is trying to stop any boycott movement from gathering steam.

The social media revolution is happening now and quickly gathering steam.

Cause marketing has been around for more than two decades, but recently seems to be gathering steam.

After a few days the strike wave gathered steam again.

Perhaps, as the review gathers steam, this can now change.

But once the process has gathered steam, it becomes even harder to stop.

A decade later, the death rate is gathering steam, with several people dying each week.

Although it doesn't flower the first season, it's only gathering steam for the future.

The fund said the world's economy was gathering steam, however, and would grow by a healthy 3.6 percent next year.

With the business of eating completed, the dinner began to gather steam.

And though the village faces a difficult battle, the cases are gathering steam.

As with all the arts, the new opera season is gathering steam across Europe.

The issue has recently gained steam as the 2016 presidential race charges forward.

That, in turn, kept interest rates low enough to allow the economic recovery to gain steam.

The protests appeared to be gaining steam across the nation.

Gift buyers gained steam in as the season went on.

Protests against his plan started Tuesday and have gained steam each day.

As it progressed, the project gained steam in interesting ways.

The concept began to take off about five years ago, as the charter school movement gained steam.

But signs are emerging that the economy is gaining steam.

Meetings gained steam and by early October, they were taking place every day, sometimes twice daily.

At least credit markets appear to be back on track and gaining steam.

There's plenty to mine if his campaign starts to gain steam.

The conflict has been gaining steam over the past eight years, even as the international community pays little attention.

We've been interested to hear that the state dirt movement is gaining steam.

But is the "test optional" movement gaining steam, or running out of it?

But private economists expect India's growth to start gaining steam next year.

The effort gained steam in the last several years as hundreds of donors raised more than $140,000.

Still, the recovery has gained steam since a difficult patch last spring.

But some Congressional staff members say it is rapidly gaining steam.

It seems to me that he's gained steam in his old age."

The new local gained steam and quickly accumulated over 200 in membership.

There are a number of reasons that the insurgency has gained steam over the past five years.

This campaign will only gain steam after today’s strike in Yemen.

The movement gained steam through the 1920s and 1930s as Jewish immigration picked up.

The idea of dividing the bond insurance companies has gained steam quickly.

It never gained steam, which was a good thing.