keep up (with)

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Verb
  • Reluctantly hired to fill in for her is Cameron (Lewis Pullman), a scruffy drifter newly blown into town with some unfinished family business to attend to.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 May 2026
  • Finding references to fill in the details was also a challenge.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office will identify the man who died after next of kin have been notified.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2026
  • The Hondius ship stopped at several remote locations before WHO was notified of the cluster of cases with severe acute respiratory illness among passengers and crew, so officials are working to track cases.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • In December, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, or DEEP, began holding meetings to inform the public of the possibility of building more nuclear reactors within the state, hoping to entice a town to host one.
    Krisztian Elcsics, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
  • As Jones informed Moore of the selection, the 6-foot-3, 198-pound outside corner made a bold proclamation to his new boss.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • At one point, Altman said Musk instructed Brockman and Ilya Sutskever, another OpenAI co-founder, to rank researchers and fire many of them.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 12 May 2026
  • Fans are being instructed to take public transportation, walk, or use ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.
    Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Daniel de Visé Americans who traveled on the MV Hondius cruise ship will have the option to return home, rather than to a national quarantine center, if safety protocols permit, a top health official told CNN on Sunday.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • Alexa told me she was relieved by the outcome.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Stitching and tags can also clue you in about your apparel investment, Rickman adds.
    Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The second comes later, after Ashley, feeling the toll of the emotional manipulation, clues him into her new scheme, which occurred to her earlier that day.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Another hooper that fans should familiarize themselves with is Kelsey Mitchell.
    David Troy, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
  • Pharmaceutical companies use them to familiarize physicians with new products under the guise of data collection.
    Sukhun Kang, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • The following year, the City Council called for an independent commission to advise on overhauling the city’s criminal-justice system; it was chaired by Jonathan Lippman, a former chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, and Richards became a member.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • Outside the realm of dedicated wine investment companies such as Winecap, specialty wine merchants are cautious when advising clients on the investment potential of their purchases.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 10 May 2026
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“Keep up (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keep%20up%20%28with%29. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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