LIMBERED (UP) Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

limbered (up)

verb

past tense of limber (up)

as in propped (up)

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Warren Foegele broke in and made a cross-ice pass to Greig, who beat Varlamov high on the stick side.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
That man then drove into the school’s parking lot as the suspect was walking along the south side of the school and broke in.

— Irene Byon, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

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Mackenzie was charged with the murders alongside 28 of his followers, including guards who enforced his fasting directives and gravediggers who helped conceal the mass graves.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
But five years later, in 1977, Section 504 was still not enforced, and Heumann was not going to let that stand.

— Barry Levitt, Time, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of enforced

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Instead, your framing reinforced the stigma that makes people afraid to talk about it in the first place.

— Joe Kinsey, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Tuesday’s show of appreciation reinforced the importance of civility and respect for public institutions in America — qualities too often lacking in the public square these days.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026

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