gravity, to scrub, gravitate towards/to sth/sb

A new era of gravitational-wave astronomy, which uses gravity to examine the universe in the same way that conventional astronomy uses light, is dawning. Watch this space. Or spacetime https://econ.st/3NU6U9a

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With coded references to "eating melons" and "that person", Chinese social media users are getting creative to discuss tennis star Peng Shuai online as censors race to scrub all mentions of her sexual assault allegations.

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‘Eating melons’: Chinese people dodge censors to discuss Peng Shuai sexual assault allegations

Petra Mayer, Books Editor for NPR and ‘Resident Nerd,’ Dies at 46

Ms. Mayer reported on Comic-Con and contributed to Book Concierge, NPR’s literary recommendation tool. She gravitated toward science fiction, romance and fantasy.

By NEIL VIGDOR

Nowadays, few young men gravitate here, the Airin district of Osaka. Little is being built in Japan’s stagnant economy, and young day laborers or part-time workers find jobs by registering their cellphone numbers with temporary employment agencies.

gravitate towards/to sth/sb 

UK phrasal verb (US gravitate toward sth/sb) to be attracted by or to move in the direction of something or someone: Susie always gravitates towards the older children in her playgroup. 

  gravitation 

 noun [S or U] The gravitation of country people to/towards the capital began in the 1920s. intr.v., -tat·ed, -tat·ing, -tates.

1. To move in response to the force of gravity.
2. To move downward.
3. To be attracted by or as if by an irresistible force: “My excuse must be that all Celts gravitate towards each other” (Oscar Wilde).

[New Latin gravitāre, gravitāt-, from Latin gravitās, heaviness. See gravity.]