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to come or be together as friends
former classmates who hooked up and started a business together
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Recent Examples of hooked up
According to Porsha, Kelli hooked up with some man who immediately changed his clothes and met with his wife.
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Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
The phones aren’t hooked up for service, but the booths do serve a purpose.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
The studio — microphones and a mixing board hooked up to a computer — is on the first floor of McIntire’s home.
—Allen G. Breed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
The studio — microphones and a mixing board hooked up to a computer — is in McIntire’s basement.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
The Miller family had recently moved to League City, and their phone hadn’t been hooked up yet.
—John Wayne Ferguson, Houston Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
On the day of our visit, the South Korean tanker SK Audace was loading cargo, hooked up to pipes so cold they were covered in a thick layer of frost despite the balmy bayou weather.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
That leisure battery is hooked up to a 650-W rooftop solar charging system to keep things running as long as possible.
—New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
The infamous gossip blogger took to social media over the weekend to share a video of himself breathing shallowly in a hospital bed, with a tube of oxygen hooked up through his nostrils.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
The phones aren’t hooked up for service, but the booths do serve a purpose.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
The studio — microphones and a mixing board hooked up to a computer — is on the first floor of McIntire’s home.
—Allen G. Breed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
The studio — microphones and a mixing board hooked up to a computer — is in McIntire’s basement.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
The Miller family had recently moved to League City, and their phone hadn’t been hooked up yet.
—John Wayne Ferguson, Houston Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
On the day of our visit, the South Korean tanker SK Audace was loading cargo, hooked up to pipes so cold they were covered in a thick layer of frost despite the balmy bayou weather.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
That leisure battery is hooked up to a 650-W rooftop solar charging system to keep things running as long as possible.
—New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
The infamous gossip blogger took to social media over the weekend to share a video of himself breathing shallowly in a hospital bed, with a tube of oxygen hooked up through his nostrils.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooked up
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The cuts also include 53 non-teaching positions associated with schools that are closing in the 2026-27 school year, district spokesman John Sullivan said.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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Morgan’s partner confirmed the Expedition had no markings or lights to indicate they were associated with law enforcement.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
16 Apr. 2026
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During its 10-day excursion, the four-person crew traveled farther from Earth than any other humans — as well as witnessed a rare solar eclipse from deep space and observed a 600-mile-wide crater on the moon’s surface.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Koch and her fellow Artemis II crew members — NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen — traveled 694,481 miles, making their lunar flyby the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
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One of the law firms defending the trucking companies tallied fifty-three accidents that were connected to Motta and other attorneys with offices at 525 Clay Street.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Paul trained his project with 25,000 pictures of soil and connected it with an autonomous irrigation system that decides how much water the garden should receive.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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When mixed with compost or fertilizer, flaxseeds can help retain moisture for your pots and containers.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
10 Apr. 2026
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Traders showed little initial reaction to the report, with stock market futures slightly higher and Treasury yields mixed.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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State prosecutors say Lodholm bonded out of jail in 2013 and fled the state of Michigan.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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That escalated toward the end of the season when Jake and his ex-wife Rachel bonded over her cancer scare and when Amy and Michael spent time together in the woods while on a college trip with their daughter.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The mayor was joined by City Council members Adrian Nazarian and Imelda Padilla, as well as environmental advocates.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Most of the students wore collared shirts and slacks; the one female student who joined, Theresa Boyle, who lives in an apartment building across the street, wore a light-blue dress and a small cross necklace.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The injury occurred while running the bases, so Soto has to be able to slow down, speed up and round the bases before returning to play.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The event was created by three women inspired after running monthly 5Ks — now turning that passion into something bigger.—
Wakisha Bailey,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Google mass arbitration may be the first to seek to represent corporate plaintiffs, as most of the group legal proceedings to date have sought to arbitrate consumer or labor-related claims.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Big Tech has been absent from committee hearings on the bill and anything data center-related, though lawmakers frequently reference their influence at the Capitol.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
14 Apr. 2026
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