geared up

past tense of gear up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for geared up
Verb
  • Frustration has mounted over what many Venezuelans saw as an inadequate government response, with soldiers, firefighters, police and emergency services struggling to respond to the scale of the disaster.
    Abigail Williams, NBC news, 29 June 2026
  • Another version of the America 250 emblem, prominently featuring the numbers in red and blue, also was mounted on each of the solid rocket boosters of Artemis 2's SLS.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Born and educated in El Fasher, Ibrahim, a general practitioner, had worked throughout the siege in the last functioning health care facility, known as the Saudi Maternity Hospital, in the city.
    Janine di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
  • His mother is Irish Roman Catholic, and Burnham was educated in Roman Catholic state schools.
    Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Dirt dike riders surround Baltimore police Police said large groups of dirt bike riders traveled through city parks in North and South Baltimore and gathered near Druid Hill Park.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • On June 13, hundreds of true believers gathered at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California dressed in colorful, reflective, space-age outfits to watch a film and celebrate the existence of aliens.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Europe’s heat endurance continues as multiple countries are braced for triple digit temperatures Thursday.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • Now, as traders fear the bitcoin house of cards could be collapsing, the market is braced for the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation to cement an interest rate hike later this year.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • All of this while new AHL Hartford coach Jay Leach and a changing development staff increasingly shape a prospect pool that’s fortified by the team’s most consequential draft class in at least six years.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • MonthiraYodtiwong/Getty Images Few sources of income are as legally fortified as a federal disability check.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Yet none of that prepared the younger Berhalter for his own World Cup debut earlier this month.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Doritos, ramen, marshmallows, and frosted cereals; French fries cooked in beef tallow; tofu prepared on a grill that just had meat on it—even the most innocuous products can contain beef, pork, or dairy.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Whoever is landing in Texas are going to be absolutely schooled by some of the best barbecue Texas-style restaurants anywhere in the world.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • McKenzie, who is home-schooled, transferred from Orange City University to Lake Mary in the fall of 2025 to play football before a knee injury last summer hindered that plan.
    Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
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“Geared up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geared%20up. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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