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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boot (up)
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Downtown Los Angeles residents, businesses and other city boosters want to try to prime the pump, using a program like San Francisco’s to help small businesses take over vacant storefronts and turn the lights back on, said Cassy Horton, co-founder of the Downtown Residents Assn.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026 -
Traditional vaccines prime the immune system for specific targets, such as a protein on a virus.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Developers — as well as Fort Worth District 3 council member Michael Crain — had organized the meeting after residents formed the 2871 Community Coalition to educate each other and build an organizing strategy as the development picks up steam.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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In order to troubleshoot the problem, crews are also educated on different planes and their components, including how many engines the aircraft may have or how many exit doors there are.—
Nicole Comstock,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Students are schooled in the oceanic environment, first aid, CPR, mutual cooperation, competition techniques and lifesaving methods.—
Jessie Dax-Setkus,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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In confessional, Amanda says that Boz previously schooled her about not being able to control how people act around her.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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That sense of normalcy largely held until Wednesday evening, when emergency alerts began chiming on phones across Riyadh, warning residents of an aerial threat and instructing them to remain indoors and away from windows.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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National security concerns were listed as another cause for rejection, with USDA research service employees instructed to ask if a foreigner could use the research against American farmers.—
Lisa Song,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Its creator, Mark Hodges, received the same message as Aaron, even though Eyes Up did not provide agents’ real-time locations.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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Chappell, who was appointed to the bench in 2013 by President Barack Obama, questioned the timing of the evidence and testimony provided by government officials.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Furthermore, the data gathered by the device could be used to train humanoid robots to perform delicate tasks, such as surgery or complex manufacturing, by mimicking human finesse.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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They weren't trained to screen travelers.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Zachary Schermele There's new optimism on Capitol Hill that a deal to end the nearly six-week-long shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security may be in reach before Congress goes on spring break, potentially ending widespread airport tumult as millions of Americans gear up to travel.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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Washington — As voters gear up for the midterm elections in November that will decide control of the House and Senate, the Supreme Court is set to weigh Monday whether states can count mail ballots that are postmarked by, but arrive after, Election Day.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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While there is already scrambling in the diesel market, and diesel prices have reacted even more violently as compared to crude and even gasoline to the upside, the market is still relatively well supplied for the short-term.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2026
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Desalination, the process of creating drinkable water from seawater, is critical to supplying water across Israel and many of Iran’s Gulf neighbors.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Boot (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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