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
Also drawing a crowd was Miami’s shocking victory over Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, which scared up 19 million viewers despite being played on the night of New Year’s Eve.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Welcome to Derry scared up its best audience yet with the Chapter One finale.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Welcome to Derry scared up its best audience yet with the Chapter One finale.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scared up
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Pietro Loro Piana founded the company as a wool mill in 1924 in the country’s Quarona.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Film and Music Entertainment was founded by Taylor in 2000 and has produced over 75 features with over 120 European production companies, winning multiple awards at Venice, Berlin, Sundance and Cannes.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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For years, this unspoken truth has hardened her, shaping her into a woman of precision and emotional distance — a mother who learned survival through silence.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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Kanzi learned elements of language at a very young age.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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The recall was triggered after inspectors discovered pieces of blue plastic in a production filter.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Though Vedam fought the conviction for decades, almost 40 years passed before a team of attorneys discovered prosecutors may have withheld evidence that could have impacted the jury’s decision in his case.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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In addition, about 100 Palestinian security officers located in Egypt when the war broke out received security training there, according to a European diplomat who did not have permission to brief the media and spoke on condition of anonymity.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2026
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Since 2020, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation has invested $41 million into the ThriveOn King building, grants to neighborhood nonprofits and small business loans to entrepreneurs located in the corridor, according to Jeremy Podolski, a spokesperson for the foundation.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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When animals dug up some of the plants outside his home, Carney converted some old bathtubs into makeshift planters and dotted them around his property.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Several outlets dug up a red carpet clip from 2023, appearing to show visible tension between the Beckhams, seemingly validating Brooklyn’s claims.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, a fire hydrant covered in snow and ice had to be dug out, causing a delay in operations.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Kgasi was joining the ranks of the numerous Black men who, over the years, dug out fossils for white researchers (some from South Africa and others from overseas) who examined and identified them — and then took credit for them.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Scared up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scared%20up. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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