Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raked up
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There was a dispute as to whether Whigham Place LLC was owned by Campbell or by a company called Clairise Court LLC which Campbell owned.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026 -
Signaling sustained and robust demand for fine jewelry amid a wider luxury lull, a Bulgari brooch once owned by Audrey Hepburn sold for 355,600 euros, or about $425,000, at a Sotheby’s auction in Paris, nearly six times its high estimate following fierce bidding among four would-be buyers.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
30 Jan. 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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Archaeologists in Germany unearthed yet another mysterious underground erdstall tunnel, one of the most enigmatic archaeological phenomena of medieval Central Europe.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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Former Leafs director of amateur scouting Wes Clark and current director Mark Leach, with the Leafs scouts, have unearthed some relative gems in four consecutive drafts.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Liverpool conceded a goal down that flank, and eventually Slot had to introduce Joe Gomez and move Endo into midfield.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Even if Senate Republicans conceded to breaking up the funding package, the bills would be kicked back to the House of Representatives, which is on a weeklong recess.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 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 6 Feb. 2026.
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