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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  • There’s something subversive in the way that Carlile turns up the rage quotient onstage at Newport.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The underwriting math that makes a small firm expensive to serve turns up elsewhere in financial services too.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
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  • 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
  • The bill shows up around 18 months later, when teams are paying a premium and giving up useful features on systems that never touched regulated data in the first place.
    — Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
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“Sneaks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneaks%20up. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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