bangs up

present tense third-person singular of bang up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bangs up
Verb
  • The loss significantly damages Memphis’ American Conference and College Football Playoff hopes.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • An autoimmune condition that damages the stomach lining, like thyroid disease, can also cause atrophic gastritis.
    Carrie Madormo, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And some experts caution that the testing of nuclear warheads – creating actual nuclear explosions – hurts humans and can have lasting consequences for generations.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • If anything hurts, pull slowly out of the pose.
    Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This decision directly harms our subscribers while benefiting their own live TV products, including Hulu + Live TV and Fubo.
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This decision directly harms our subscribers while benefiting their own live TV products, including Hulu + Live TV and Fubo.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and a former Google executive, has warned in the past that there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI wipes out humans.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • That timeline could shrink if a massive fraud wipes out public confidence in the Internet.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Lead is a neurotoxin that impairs brain development.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
    Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That’s the kind of failing grade that ends drives and spoils red zone trips.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Frozen Shrimp Shellfish, like shrimp, spoils quickly, which is why many people prefer to purchase frozen shrimp.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The latest expression that shatters the 140-proof mark comes from Louisville blender Barrell Craft Spirits, and this is one blend of whiskeys finished in Caribbean rum barrels that should be on any whiskey masochist’s bottle list.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Her decision to walk away seems like an act of autonomy — until the final sequence shatters any illusion of closure.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Deadly holiday weekend mars broad crime drop The back-and-forth followed a Labor Day weekend of deadly violence in Chicago worse than in the previous two years, with seven people shot to death, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Valuing a project at cost of production rather than value in an arm’s length sale—common in all economic statistics—especially mars Chinese data.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Bangs up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bangs%20up. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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