bangs up

present tense third-person singular of bang up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bangs up
Verb
  • Most notably, those who switched faced a 24% higher risk of developing diabetic retinopathy, a condition that damages the blood vessels in the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
  • Your Eyes High blood pressure also damages the sensitive back lining of the eye called the retina.
    Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Losing in Game 7 already hurts enough, but losing in extra innings to the Los Angeles Dodgers is a real twist of the knife.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
  • Neighbors are worried the next crash could be the one that busts through their wall or hurts someone who lives in one of the nearby homes.
    Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • Uthmeier does deserve credit on other consumer issues, notably involving hospital pricing, artificial intelligence safety and investigating CVS Health over whether its pharmacy benefit manager affiliate harms consumers by improperly favoring CVS drug stores.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • The elite college admissions process has become a trial that harms our children.
    Scott White, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • The consequences of your antivirus missing a botnet infestation or data-stealing Trojan aren’t great, but typically, an antivirus update wipes out the attacker within days, or even hours.
    Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • Continue reading … LINES REDRAWN — Supreme Court greenlights Alabama GOP map that wipes out a majority-Black district.
    , FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Disrupting essential frontline activities and tier huddles can cause a domino effect that impairs future lean efforts rather than lay a foundation for improvement.
    David Caines, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Poor sleep impairs barrier function and slows the overnight repair window, and chronic sleep restriction visibly accelerates aging.
    Allison Palmer Updated June 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • In theory, this system will punish any team that deliberately tears down its roster in an attempt to lose as many games as possible.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Even in moments of disagreement, we are called to speak with charity and to seek dialogue that builds up, rather than tears down.
    Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Even worse, some streams lag so far behind live that a text from a friend or app notification spoils a game-changing goal.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026
  • Alphabet, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI and the sundry other rivals for the AI spoils can’t all grab a couple of points of GDP in sales, the prize built into SpaceX’s celestial cap.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • But now a new ultralight player shatters the silence with an impressive solo tent that not only drops in right around 2 lb (907 oz) but does it at half the price of some of the competition.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 June 2026
  • When a window shatters, your entire home is at risk of collapse or even being blown away.
    Alora Bopray, USA Today, 23 June 2026
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“Bangs up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bangs%20up. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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