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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So when Patel approached the podium on Friday the stakes were obviously high.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025 -
For a year and a half, the detectives first approached a large volume of low-match DNA results which could be traced back to existing American family trees.—
Claire Lempert,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 women’s basketball league founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, has closed an oversubscribed Series B investment round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, the league announced.—
Roberta F. Rodrigues,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The university said the campus is closed and classes are canceled until Monday.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Freedom Tower was closed in 2023 to begin the undertaking of the property, which is designated a National Historic Landmark.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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On third-and-2 at the CU 20, the Buffs QB hurried left with seemingly the entire Houston defense in pursuit, spotted Omarion Miller just past the line of scrimmage, and shoveled him the ball before the red jerseys closed in.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
13 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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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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The following pivot to event curation happened organically, and drew on everything Zadeh had learned about luxury positioning and brand storytelling.—
Angela Lei,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, Walt Disney himself came up with the idea for Disneyland during a visit to Griffith Park in Los Angeles with his daughters.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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This Einsteinian dismissal would later be reversed, but only after much more evidence poured in, and after many others came up, independently, with the same ideas that Lemaître put forth in his letter to Einstein.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
11 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 17 Sep. 2025.
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