lit up

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Recent Examples of lit up Then again, the world that the all-new Revuelto lands in is almost unrecognizable from the one the rakish Lamborghini 350 GT lit up back when the ’60s were starting to pendulate. WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023 Just a few years earlier, the four-meter-wide asteroid 2008 TC3 was the first one ever detected before hitting Earth; only six others have been discovered before impact since, including 2023 CX1 that just lit up the English Channel on February 13, 2023, as if marking the week’s anniversary. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2023 The scoreboard lit up with Alexandria Verner’s name and 2020, her graduation year. Mike Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2023 On Monday, many social media sites in the U.S. lit up with theories that Biden had deployed the aerial devices as a way to distract Americans from other, more pressing issues. David Klepper, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for lit up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lit up
Adjective
  • And maybe a little drunk and sick from all that oily food and crappy wine.
    Helen Schulman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
  • Yet the car will likely obey speed limits, never get drowsy or drunk and never rubberneck or give in to road rage.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • Assistant state’s attorneys will assist police in obtaining search warrants to conduct blood, breath or urine tests on people who are stopped on suspicion of drunken driving and refuse to submit to testing as required by Illinois law, the release said.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • In a stunning decision, the jury in her retrial voted unanimously to only convict Read of drunken driving sparing her any jail time.
    Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • But unfortunately, indulging too much in fried foods will trigger your cortisol.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 25 June 2025
  • Those two disparate memories become a bowl of Venetian-style risotto with a small mound of rock crab meat sourced from that same crabbing boat and a fried egg espuma in the middle.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Of course, be mindful of where cords are running to prevent them from getting wet during our frequent spring and summer showers.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
  • When the humidity is factored in, the heat indices and wet bulb globe temperatures will be at dangerous levels for activity, exertion, and our infrastructure.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • That means fewer unexpected shutdowns and less wasted time, as well as lower repair costs.
    Cory McNeley, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Additionally, Carpentersville and Elgin police are conducting a safety campaigns through Monday, July 7, focused on impaired and unbuckled drivers.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • Jones was sentenced to a maximum of over 20 years in prison on the second-degree murder charge and more than three months on the driving while impaired charge, officials said.
    Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • His next book, A Drop of Patience, narrated by a blind jazz musician, was a formal experiment: to write a novel with no visual information.
    Benjamin Hale June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • Healthy Skepticism Optimism drives startups, but blind optimism can be dangerous.
    Abdo Riani, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

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