as in travels
to come or be together as friends
former classmates who hooked up and started a business together
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Recent Examples of hooks up
Meanwhile, his sister Audrey (anatasia Phillips) secretly hooks up with his best friend Backwoods (Daniel Petronijevic), while beloved site manager Chelsea (Jennifer Spence) faces an uncomfortable truth when Jenn Conch (Jennifer Irwin) returns to Imperial Valley and wants to fit in.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Jeremiah continues to struggle with his breakup from Belly and hooks up with Steven and Taylor's friends.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Valpy hooks up with the local troop of sea scouts, despite Fonseca being entirely landlocked.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Jeremiah continues to struggle with his breakup from Belly and hooks up with Steven and Taylor's friends.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Valpy hooks up with the local troop of sea scouts, despite Fonseca being entirely landlocked.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooks up
Verb
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As someone who travels at least twice a month, my go-to sweater styles are lightweight options that don’t take up too much room in my luggage.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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Richard Linklater‘s Nouvelle Vague time-travels to the moment right before modern cinema’s big bang, when the French New Wave crested and Godard’s Breathless would change everything.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Everyone associates that with us.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
8 Oct. 2025
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Hunger can be another motivator, especially if your feline associates certain times or behaviors with food.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Half-brothers Wirt and Greg certainly have their disagreements during their journey through the Unknown, but what bonds them in the end, like Lucy carrying her tired little brother Linus home to bed in Great Pumpkin, is fathomless love.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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Since the split, sources told People that the actress bonds with their two daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
1 Oct. 2025
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Birdie runs First-round leader Steven Alker ran off six consecutive birdies on the back nine Friday which jettisoned him up the leaderboard to a tournament-record 61.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Bachelor season 19 contestant, Jade Roper Tolbert, who runs her own cosmetics company, was also a judge.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That is also true regarding how the dispute connects to labor law.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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And while the chemistry between the two romantic leads is solid, the movie never connects emotionally.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Smoke from debris fires mixes with a faint tang of fuel from the few generators that still have gas.—
David Culver,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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While other down jackets feature down filling all over, the Aconcagua 3 mixes traditional down with synthetic insulation in the torso, which improves its breathability and maximizes warmth and moisture resistance.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Amazon joins other companies such as Salesforce, Target, and Paramount who have together laid off thousands of workers in the past few months.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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Globally, a new developer joins the platform every second, the company said.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Longoria, who often collaborates with stylist Maeve Reilly, wore a black shirt with buttons running down the front placket and an open neckline with a sharp collar, revealing her delicate necklace featuring an outline of the state of Texas.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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FinalSpark collaborates with ethicists to ensure the research remains within clear moral boundaries.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Hooks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooks%20up. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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