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showed up (for)

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past tense of show up (for)

as in attended

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Until this year, her three children attended Horizon West public schools — but then her family became part of the declining enrollment trend.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
In the 1950s, Longwood started hosting evening lectures and short courses that thousands of amateur and professional horticulturists have attended over the past several decades.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 19 Sep. 2026

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