Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limbered (up)
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Oakland County officials provided this map of road closures and detours as repairs continue in the area of a 42-inch water main that broke in September 2025.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026 -
News broke in August that a portable shelter owned by the schools was gifted to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, to be used at the Alligator Alcatraz detention camp.—
Thomas Kennedy,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2026
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Those laws were supposed to be enforced by the insurance department.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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When expectations are enforced one day and ignored the next, kids notice.—
Lance Walters,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2026
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But the slow drip of revelations has reinforced a perception that power protects itself and that ordinary citizens live under a different standard.—
Kaitlyn Buss,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
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Other concerns have now been reinforced in court.—
Natalie Leticia Gallón,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Limbered (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limbered%20%28up%29. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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