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booted (up)

verb

Definition of booted (up)

past tense of boot (up)

as in primed

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Leading up to the offseason, with a weakened starting pitching class, Valdez is primed to be the headlining option in the winter, and Patrick McAvoy of Sports Illustrated thinks that the New York Mets are a prime landing spot.

— Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025

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An altar boy at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, he was educated at the Christian Brothers Academy and at Siena College, a Franciscan school in nearby Loudonville.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
But these students must also be educated alongside general education peers to meet federal and state class size and inclusivity regulations.

— Melissa Brown, Chalkbeat, 27 Aug. 2026

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The downtown area was closed to vehicles and electric scooters, and police had instructed people not to bring bicycles, umbrellas or sharp objects.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
The agency instructed hospitals to share detailed patient information for more than 10,000 types of injuries or conditions, such as vaccine reactions, suicide attempts, or stingray stabs.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

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The episode went viral and prompted debate about the growing presence of content creators at sporting events — and whether newcomers are being adequately schooled in tennis’ distinct etiquette.

— Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The unit, known as the Unmanned Assault Battalion, was schooled in drone warfare and set to be used as a special group that could deploy anywhere drones were required.

— Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

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As part of his 2021 pandemic relief package, Biden provided $1,400 payments to most Americans, which Strain had warned at the time would spark inflation.

— BILL BARROW, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
Boeing and Lockheed Martin at first provided only tentative funding for Vulcan’s development, then ULA waited until 2018 to select an engine for Vulcan, deciding on Blue Origin’s BE-4 over Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR1.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

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Eight quarterbacks in the final rankings of 2025 are currently on the bench or looking for work, so the quality diluted as injuries mounted.

— Jeff Howe, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Annotated divorce papers blown up and mounted, interactive exhibits detailing how your mom’s last round of chemo didn’t take, souvenir T-shirts emblazoned with your best friend’s last words before the car crash.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026

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Dogan deliberately arranged for Salah’s medical to take place in the metropolis of Istanbul, over 500 miles (nearly 900km) from Trabzon, so the Egyptian could see how frenzied the welcome would be.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
On Sunday, the Lime Rock Concours and Gathering of the Marques display nearly 1,000 enthusiast cars and motorcycles arranged around the Lime Rock circuit.

— Mark Maglio, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

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OpenAI and Microsoft do not dispute that its models trained on the news outlet's content, but argue that doing so is legally permissible.

— Greta Reich, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
After the neural network was trained, cubes named their object class with 85 to 100 percent accuracy—houses proved trickiest.

— Matthew Hutson, Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2026

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