SCARED UP Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

scared up

verb

past tense of scare up

as in found

to come upon after searching, study, or effort I can probably scare up my old textbooks if you need them

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Recent Examples of scared up Per Nielsen, the 1998 Bulls-Jazz series scared up just shy of 30 million viewers per night. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 June 2026 Welcome to Derry scared up its best audience yet with the Chapter One finale. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025

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Kindred Black, founded in 2014 by Alice Kindred Wells and Jennifer Black Francis, illustrates the model.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026
Malone, who founded the company in 1999, will step down as chairman emeritus but remain a senior advisor.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of found

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Investigators learned that White was under state supervision and wearing a GPS monitoring device, and quickly located and arrested him at a restaurant in New Britain.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Variety has learned that Harry Styles has had discussions about the part, and Theo James, 41, also hasn’t been ruled out.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of learned

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Nearly 2 pounds of the meteorite was discovered in the Sahara in Mali in 2022, and most is now held by a museum in Maine.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
However, this remains a conceptual demonstration, not a system that has discovered an extraterrestrial transmission.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of discovered

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Cothiere, a Haitian-American public school educator who is married to Democratic State Representative Wallace Aristide, excelled in precincts located in North Miami and North Miami Beach, where there are significant Haitian communities.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
Situated on Plaça de Catalunya, it couldn’t be better located for exploring the city centre or getting out to other districts.

— Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of located

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Chicago has opened voting to name the giant rock that was dug up at O'Hare International Airport during construction.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Their quest becomes more difficult every year, however, as the remains of pre-Columbian trees slough back into the earth or are dug up to make way for agriculture and construction.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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