fetches up

present tense third-person singular of fetch up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetches up
Verb
  • So grab a plate, settle in, and let these films take you back to the yard—where the music never stops, the bonds run deep, and every Homecoming feels like family coming home again.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 16 Oct. 2025
  • More than 750,000 federal workers have been furloughed, which stops them from reporting to work.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But, then again, the market is a forward-looking machine with a motor that never stalls out.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For one day only, vehicle traffic halts on the 3,031-foot-long bridge and pedestrians stream across.
    Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The best-cooling cases often reach that mark by spinning up their fans to annoyingly noisy levels, but the MasterFrame 600 halts that trend by having the third-quietest (or fourth-noisiest) sound pressure level of our test lot.
    Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • An attraction catches you off guard!
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • One that frequently catches my attention is meaning, or purpose.
    Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its closure blocks hundreds of trucks from entering and providing food aid to thousands of returning Palestinians.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The original restraining order from Ellis blocks agents from targeting journalists who are not interfering with law enforcement.
    Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Every morning, with his mate tea in hand, Cavazos checks his phone to verify whether there has been any sighting of ICE agents in the Chicago suburbs.
    Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • For a budget desk upgrade, this checks a lot of boxes for a second screen, dorm setup, or a compact work-from-home station.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Growing up always brings up bittersweet feelings.
    María Mérida, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Noah seems to be performing some kind of blessing on Abby's baby in the scene, which brings up yet another major relationship difference for Joanne.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Fetches up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetches%20up. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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