Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raked up
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The same family owned the drawing for more than 200 years, after Armand Francois Louis de Mestral de Saint-Saphorin — a Swiss diplomat working for the King of Denmark — acquired it during his travels around Europe in the 18th century.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026 -
The bridge eventually gained a reputation for being the victim of periodic vehicle strikes, frequent enough that a local merchant who owned a store nearby kept buckets of paint and some repair supplies handy at the back of his shop.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Several African governments, including Botswana, Uganda, South Africa and Kenya, have acknowledged the scale of the problem.—
Larry Madowo,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Iran’s minister of information and communications technology, Sattar Hashemi, acknowledged the economic toll caused by the blackout tactics.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Bavarian archaeologists just unearthed an astonishing sanctuary dedicated to the god Mithras in the historic center of Regensburg, marking the first Roman cult location ever found in the old town.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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Old albums were unearthed, bootlegged, and reissued.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Gradually, concessions were secured, culminating in elections that the violent regimes lost and ultimately conceded.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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The court conceded the presence or appearance of corruption when a politician takes a lot of campaign money from a single individual.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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This could easily have been nipped in the bud had Brook confessed to what had happened before the third ODI in Wellington, rather than halfway through the game itself, and then immediately been suspended just for that game by England.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The police force said that the man’s partner was present at the residence and allegedly confessed to the crime.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Raked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raked%20up. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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