as in to roll up
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When the van rolled up behind me, Tammy Murray, a woman in a T-shirt and yoga pants, climbed out.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
5 July 2025 -
Rogers could then roll up MLSE with the Blue Jays and Sportsnet into a standalone company that might be spun out through an initial offering or sell a stake on the private market.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
2 July 2025
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This didn’t stop others from reporting the latter, and the story blew up out of all proportion.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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One island off the coast of South Korea may have blown up, but no one will stop the wealthy from oppressing and crushing the poor.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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Many stevia products sold in stores contain additional ingredients, including bulking agents and other sweeteners.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
2 June 2025
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Questions remain about Pearce’s upper-body strength and, given his natural build, the team that drafts him will have to find the sweet spot for bulking him up without reducing his explosiveness.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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Speakers said recent actions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials had provoked increasing concern over the safety of local residents attending the Club World Cup games this summer at Hard Rock Stadium.—
CD Goette-Luciak,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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The legislation is the signature priority of President Donald Trump, extending the 2017 tax cuts, adding billions to border security and increasing defense spending.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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The effect is to both collapse and distend time until all the souls in the book, most of them nameless anyway, exist at the same time, in the same place, forever.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2025
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Isaiah was also malnourished and dehydrated at the time of his death, with his small and large intestines markedly distended.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2017
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Ukraine claimed to have shot down or neutralized 475 of the 537 drones and missiles fired, though Ukraine and Russia are known to inflate the effectiveness of their air defense capabilities.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
29 June 2025
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The backlog has inflated the jail population by 13%, pushing it from 6,722 on Feb. 15 before the strike began to 7,605 as of Thursday, Vera Institute records show.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2025
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This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle's weight can push water out of the way.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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Activist investor Elliott reportedly built up a stake in the oil major in February, just before Auchincloss revealed BP's strategic reset that set out to ramp up investment in oil and gas and reduce the focus on renewables.—
Michael Considine,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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That, however, may be a blessing in disguise that allows Fatu to rise up the ranks on SmackDown even quicker than expected.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 June 2025
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“Puff (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puff%20%28up%29. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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