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sneaked up

verb

variants or snuck up
past tense of sneak up
as in crept up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneaked up
  1. turned up
  2. showed up
  3. arrived
  4. hit
  5. reached
Verb
  • Local cases have also turned up in Texas, California, Arizona and Hawaii.
    — Andrés Henao, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
  • For 718 days, as one season gave way to the next and search after search turned up empty, Nancy Tucker remained missing.
    — Brady Dennis, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of turned up
Verb
  • Lehrer arranged a meeting to sell him the files—then never showed up.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Not sure what happened there, but SeanJo definitely showed up for work.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of showed up
Verb
  • Melton fled the scene before deputies arrived and was found a short time later at Pamela Way and Jeanette Cove in Alexander, the report says.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Those who arrived in the 1900s had very different cultural, political, and religious backgrounds from the older Texas Jews.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of arrived
Verb
  • The helicopter, which was used by NBC and Telemundo, crashed about two hours after police say Rios drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue, ran a red light and struck a vehicle before hitting the bus.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Police say Rios drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue, ran a red light, and struck another vehicle before hitting the Metro bus.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of hit
Verb
  • The number of Americans unemployed for more than 26 weeks hovered last month slightly below a five-year high last reached in May.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
  • They’re beloved, beloved characters [whose] stories reached the end of the line.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of reached
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“Sneaked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneaked%20up. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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