do up

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Recent Examples of do up Rooms and suites are done up in classic all-American style, and bike rentals are available for all ages and skill levels for pedaling around the Victorian-era beach town. Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 18 July 2026 At Apples Bed & Breakfast Inn, the 21 rooms (all named after apple varieties, naturally) have been done up in vintage textures and colors reminiscent of a family cottage. Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026 Brown's hair was styled by Pete Burkill and done up in a braid with face-framing pieces, while her makeup was achieved by Buster Knight. Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026 With low-rise condos and hotels done up in the mid-century modern style, a lively plaza offering free dance classes, and restaurants serving a diverse array of cuisines, there’s always something to do in this quaint beach town. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for do up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for do up
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  • But a growing number of apartment decorating ideas now let renters change their walls without picking up a paintbrush.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Rooms are decorated with minibars crafted in Jaipur, flamboyantly upholstered chairs, Murano-glass chandeliers, and marbled wallpaper sourced and crafted in Italy.
    Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
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  • The actress left little to the imagination in a provocative new campaign for Novig, posing nude or scantily clad alongside an array of sports equipment as the company promoted its sports-only approach.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Despite the rainy day, all three were clad in brown suede fall-ready shoes to complete their formal ensembles, and the familial coordination drew attention to the unwritten dress code of the British monarchy.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
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  • Carlton Wing wore a coat of live mayflies Thursday while fly fishing for bream on Midway Lake.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Her coaching staff has worn IM8 swag, though things can get confusing because her coach, Anton Dubrov, is now part of the Eight Sleep team.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
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  • The Star-Telegram watched filming from a distance and saw an all-black car with a camera adorned to its roof driving behind a black sedan and black SUV.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The delicate construction consisted of a high neck and long sleeves adorned with mauve silk bows at the wrists.
    Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2026
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  • The previous year a few of these people had even wandered the camp in the evenings, men dressed in suits and women with lipstick on their teeth.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Even on a Tuesday, it was packed to the brim with guests dressed in quiet luxury brands ready for extravagant East Coast dining.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
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  • In January 2025, an American Airlines regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, killing all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
  • This is, quite frankly, baloney — who’s to say the Manhunter didn’t kill and take the form of someone already living in the town?
    Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Under Mitchell, Pecora showed, the nation’s largest bank had become an impeccably groomed racketeering enterprise, dressing up crooked enterprises as gilt-edged to sell their bonds and stocks to unsuspecting buyers.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Others are dressing up as John Politics in convincing cosplay, or cracking jokes about Powell as an alternate reality diplomat.
    Owen Carry, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
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  • Lucie, having exhausted all other possibilities, and needing Darnay in order to find her father, hires a very reluctant Carton, who in a trick worthy of Perry Mason, gets him off when a witness cannot tell him and Darnay apart.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Last month, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN that the US military had exhausted nearly 80% of its interceptors for a key missile defense system.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

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