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snuck up

verb

past participle of sneak up
as in crept up

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  1. arrived
  2. turned up
  3. shown 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
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  • Crab shells, whole and in pieces, turned up all over the school, to be swept away with the dust and fallen leaves and other litter, placed in a trash bag, and carried off behind the buildings to the incinerator.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • One girl brought her new bike, received just the day before, another turned up with some rocks.
    — Zoe Whitfield, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of turned up
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  • But the issues that showed up in each of their first three games resurfaced in Starkville, and led to the first loss of the season.
    — PJ Green September 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
  • According to Ayer, that exhaustion showed up in the movie, as Pitt couldn’t relax or rely on the typical comforts of a film set.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
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“Snuck up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuck%20up. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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