as in to think (up)
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Throughout his career, it was rumored that Hall threw up from nerves before each game, a fact the late Hawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz supported, having witnessed it while attending games during his youth at Chicago Stadium.—
Chris Kuc,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026 -
The skinny on why cats throw up, and when you should be concerned.—
Jane Sykes,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Trump has also suggested that the United States may reimburse oil companies for their work rebuilding Venezuela's oil infrastructure – a prospect some Democratic lawmakers denounced.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
16 Jan. 2026
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Staff worked for months to rebuild, navigate permits, and complete restoration efforts before finally reopening their doors.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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This is particularly powerful across the Global South, where the opportunity is not to retrofit outdated systems, but build future-ready ones from the ground up.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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Anthropic’s bottom-up strategy differs by starting with a capable coding agent and abstracting its functionality for broader audiences rather than retrofitting assistant capabilities onto an existing platform.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Rig (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rig%20%28up%29. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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