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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Dolores Huerta, 95, who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) Union with Chavez, has accused him of raping her twice.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Port Harcourt was founded in 1913 and governed by the military, the police, and by courts that upheld colonial law to protect British commercial interests and missionaries.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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Police said investigator reviewed additional video and learned the suspect had placed hidden cameras in at least two other parks.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Chance first learned about the crash when Tanya’s iPhone issued an SOS alert.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
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Archaeologists discovered two astonishing Iron Age hoards in North Yorkshire, one of them being the largest ever found in British history, which has changed the historical understanding of wealth and power in pre-Roman Britain.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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In 2004, after Walker had wrapped up as a weekly series, the then–Late Night host Conan O’Brien (or one of his writers) discovered that the show’s parent company held the syndication rights to Walker, and Late Night could air clips from it whenever the writers wanted to.—
Chris Klimek,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Medical Examiner's office said the Los Angeles County Fire Department located Emily Beutner, 22, in a field near the intersection of Sierra Highway and Technology Drive in Palmdale, appearing to be suffering from medical distress.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Reagan Sports Club, located at 14601 Ronald Reagan Blvd.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
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Rhizomes promote its spread in the garden, but they are easily dug up where Canyon Prince has expanded beyond the space allotted to it.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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Homicide investigators dug up the pile but, like with the other searches, found nothing that could lead to a resolution of the mystery.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Gilbert public works employee Rob Johnson dug out an aging water meter within the Ashland Ranch community on March 3 as part of the field work audit that began in February.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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That manufacturer may have either dug out its old designs for HTC when developing the T1 Phone, or perhaps gave new life to old, unused components from HTC’s production run.—
Dominic Preston,
The Verge,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Scared up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scared%20up. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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