raked up

Definition of raked upnext
past tense of rake up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for raked up
Verb
  • Flower Child is owned by Fox Restaurant Concepts, the company behind Wildflower American Cuisine, The Arrogant Butcher, Olive & Ivy and several other restaurants.
    Jenna Thompson March 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Early Friday morning, data from the MarineTraffic website showed that two ultra-large container ships owned by China's biggest shipping company, COSCO, made a sharp U-turn after apparently trying to sail past Iran's Larak Island.
    Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Trump has not acknowledged Qalibaf by name in his statements claiming major breakthroughs in diplomacy between Washington and Tehran.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Also, sitting unrestored is the Uptown Theatre, acknowledged as one of Chicago’s most important architectural treasures, a music venue with a capacity not that different from the one proposed at the 1901 Project and a theater itself located in a neighborhood that needs investment.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • At least 33 bodies — including children and dismembered remains stuffed in sacks — were unearthed from a mass grave in western Kenya on Thursday, raising questions about whether the corpses were secretly moved from a hospital morgue.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The erosion has already caused human remains to be unearthed, according to the county.
    Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Golden Knights have conceded 223 goals while scoring 227 for a +4 scoring differential.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The Current’s six conceded six goals — after 13 allowed through all of last season — is another stat to watch.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • He was arrested at the home and later confessed to killing Eric, a student at Florida International University.
    March 30, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In opening statements, prosecutors laid out the details of the attack and said Gerhardt Konig confessed to his 19-year-old son in a FaceTime conversation.
    Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Raked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raked%20up. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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