Thesaurus results for CRIED UP

cried up

verb

past tense of cry up

as in announced

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively in exchange for his hefty endorsement fee, the basketball player is expected to cry up that brand of sneaker at every opportunity

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Given the extent of the disruption to oil exports from the Middle East since the start of hostilities between Washington and Tehran, most of the hikes announced by OPEC+ since March have had a negligible impact on the physical crude market.

— Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
The project was announced less than 36 hours before the meeting.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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The country contingent is led by Parker McCollum and Cole Swindell, both of whom are as acclaimed for their songwriting skills as well as for their performance skills.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Kamayan moves next door Kamayan ATL, the joyful and widely acclaimed Filipino restaurant on Buford Highway, has relocated to a new space directly next to its original location.

— Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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SmackDown has advertised faceoffs for its two biggest programs as frenemies CM Punk and Cody Rhodes come face-to-face amid a weekend of miscues on the live event circuit.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Sara Nelson, a Democrat who had advertised her willingness to challenge the harm-reduction consensus, won a seat on the city council the same year and became its president two years later.

— Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

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As their last retreating act, Hussein’s soldiers blew up some 700 Kuwaiti oil wells, painting the sky black with smoke and igniting unchecked fires that burned for 10 months.

— WUFT News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Specifically in New York, a Swedish candy store called Bon Bon blew up and had influencers creating ASMR taste test videos.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026

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