Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crept up
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Barnes turned up the heat on Archbishop Williams (4-3) as well with her powerful outside hitting.—
Greg Dudek,
Boston Herald,
23 Sep. 2025 -
Seaton in southern England is located over 364 miles away from Whitehaven in northern England, where Harrod turned up three days later.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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Moments later, police arrived on the scene and shot the man, who died and was later identified as Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old from the nearby city of Burton.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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The individual was discovered inside one of the main landing gear compartments while the maintenance crew was working on the aircraft, which had arrived from Europe, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a news release.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Allianz Life survey reached a nationally representative sample of 1,005 adults.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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The long-term forecast for the system, which reached depression strength and was expected to become a tropical storm Saturday evening or early Sunday, remained tricky.—
Alex Harris
Updated September 27,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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If Nix had set his feet while hitting on just one of three more wide-open heaves against the Bolts, the Broncos are 2-1 — and the AFC West is thrown into beautiful chaos.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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Barnes turned up the heat on Archbishop Williams (4-3) as well with her powerful outside hitting.—
Greg Dudek,
Boston Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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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“Crept up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crept%20up. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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