Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneaked up
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A couple of thousand fans braved the rain and turned up on the Old Trafford forecourt, as did the captains of the men’s and women’s teams, Bruno Fernandes and Maya Le Tissier, and the respective sides’ managers, Michael Carrick and Marc Skinner.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026 -
The trumpet is one of many Iron Age items that have turned up across Britain in the past year.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Bill Clinton is among the political and business leaders who socialized with Epstein and showed up in the DOJ's Epstein file releases.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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But there’s always the range at Royal Oaks, where Scheffler first showed up as a 6-year-old and Randy Smith spent two hours watching the kid’s long swing make solid contact, time after time.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Officers rendered aid until emergency services arrived, and the boy was taken to UofL Hospital.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
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By the time Victor Villa arrived at his restaurant Villa’s Tacos in Highland Park on Monday afternoon, a mob of press surrounded him, a line of customers had stretched down the block since daybreak, and cars and TV-news satellite trucks circled the parking lot, double parked in front of red curbs.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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On Thursday afternoon, the elderly driver first hit a bicyclist, then continued for about a block before crashing her 2023 Mercedes Benz C class into the bakery section of the grocery store, trapping multiple people beneath her car, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Nvidia now expects its total sales to hit new records in 2026, projecting around $500 billion in revenue.—
Rosa de Acosta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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The plea followed a similar agreement reached months earlier by his brother, Ovidio Guzmán López, on trafficking and money-laundering charges.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification released a new report saying that acute malnutrition has reached famine levels in two more towns in Darfur.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Sneaked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneaked%20up. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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