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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However, former Federal Air Marshal Peter Johnson — who founded Archway Defense, which has trained state, local and federal law enforcement in firearms for the past decade — told WCCO the street is not the place to challenge a federal agent's orders.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The OpenSnow reporting and forecasting service is predicting four to eight additional inches at many resorts between Wednesday evening and Friday morning, although founding meteorologist Joel Gratz acknowledged that the weather models for this system have been a bit confounding.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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The actor's role will be recast, after he was officially charged Monday with one misdemeanor count of soliciting prostitution, Entertainment Weekly has learned.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Jan. 2026
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So much so that some middle school quarterbacks enter high school having learned only to clap when ready for the ball.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Several Venezuela residents told TIME that the fear of what might be discovered on their phone at a checkpoint has guided their behavior in the days since Maduro's ouster.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Slavin told the local Martha's Vineyard Times that a neighbor discovered Forté alone on his kitchen floor, prompting the 911 call.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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The new facility will be located in the Korean city of Cheongju, building on the company's existing footprint there.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles County arson detectives are investigating a suspicious device that was located near the 605 Freeway in El Monte on Monday.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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In addition to the mystery in South Wales, another unlikely discovery unfolded in England, where unusually large Roman shoes were dug up in Northumberland, and will be on display at the Roman Army Museum beginning in February.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
8 Jan. 2026
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With smoke and water damage, almost everything was tossed, and even the yard had to be dug up and replaced.—
Joy Benedict,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Chinese astronauts dug out tasty treats for the mid-autumn festival, which is a harvest event held every year between mid-September and early October.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Adult female flies can lay up to 400 eggs at a time, and each larva in a human patient has to be physically dug out from infected flesh.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Scared up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scared%20up. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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