sneaks up

verb

present tense third-person singular of sneak up
as in creeps up

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  1. turns up
  2. shows up
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  • Homecoming aside, there’s still the Trawler to worry about, a fact we’re reminded of when another victim turns up on a playground, this time with a pentagram carved into his back and fish corpses shoved into his wounds.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Family ties convince him to join with Beck and get back in the game before Jake also turns up dead, a tricky proposition since clues start to point to Carter perhaps directing new abductions from his cell.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • There’s nothing that needed to be fixed, because everybody who shows up shows up for a certain dish and eats the same thing.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Hotels show what this looks like in an industry few people associate with AI, because every improvement there shows up in a nightly rate, a labor hour, a guest review or an owner’s cash flow.
    — Roman Pedan, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
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“Sneaks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneaks%20up. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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