Thesaurus results for SENDING UP

sending up

verb

present participle of send up

as in parodying

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of the sitcom sends up the "trials and tribulations" of the rich and famous

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Recent Examples of sending up Heinze said some dispatch centers are experimenting with using AI systems to triage the massive volume of calls 911 receives when there's a significant public event, like a major car crash on a busy interstate or a wildfire sending up a towering column of smoke. —

Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026 The United States added 178,000 jobs in March, blowing past expectations and showing a resilient labor market just as the war with Iran began escalating, sending up oil prices. —

Rob Wile, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026 At the same time, The Wall Street Journal reports that the Pentagon is weighing sending up to 10,000 troops to the region. —

Chloé Farand, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026 Cooks tend the iconic grill in full view, sending up smoky aromas and satisfying sizzles that are the restaurant’s heartbeat. —

Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 20 Mar. 2026 Israel struck oil depots in Tehran, sending up thick smoke and causing environmental alerts. —

Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026 Another attack appeared to have started a fire at Bahrain’s only oil refinery, sending up thick plumes of smoke. —

Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026 The plants have to go through a period of growth before sending up new flower stalks. —

Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026 In setting Blood Hammer Girl in an exotic, vague past, Locklear takes the audience back to a supposedly simpler time while sending up the human penchant for self-destruction in any era. —

Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026

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And of course Burrs, whom Donica plays with titanic, Sweeney-esque feeling and force of baritone, is all the more self-hating and compromised, having made a career parodying himself.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
The cliffhanger of the previous season, which saw Lister impregnated by his female self from an alternate universe, is dismissed with a pre-episode text crawl parodying Star Wars, which irreverently moved way too fast to read.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2026