as in approached
to come near or nearer
belly up to the buffet table and help yourselves
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bellied up
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Once approached by the director, the women were hardly camera-shy.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025 -
An editor approached me with a tough assignment of tasting, evaluating and reviewing a chicken Caesar wrap.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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On Monday, all three of Wall Street's major averages closed at record highs , as Nvidia 's plans to invest $100 billion in OpenAI reignited the AI rally, but a three-day winning streak came to an end during Tuesday's session.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Athletic covered the matter in this piece soon after the window closed.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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West 65th Street closed in Shawnee The road is closed from Shawnee Mission Parkway West to I-435 North in Shawnee.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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Other stores in the same Garden City business complex have closed in the last year.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Sep. 2025
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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The research also drew on collaborations with the CREST Lab and Wang Lab at the University of Washington.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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But, as time drew on, Cola grew in confidence and learned how to adapt to life on two legs.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Gretchen is talking about how Tamra’s supposed affair with a boy band member came up in conversation.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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But the criticism was too vast to ignore, and like any smart business owner should, the chefs came up with a solution.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Lawmakers charged through dozens of bills as the legislative session neared a close late Friday night, and had to reconvene Saturday to pass a wide-ranging climate and energy deal that came through late in the week.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The pursuit of a third goaltender had created a major stress point as the start of training camp neared.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Bellied up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bellied%20up. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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