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Recent Examples of soup up
Warm a batch of this creamy soup up on a chilly night and pop in a few biscuits to finish the meal.
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
Under his meticulous care, the gleaming red sports car has been souped up to generate 400-horsepower turbo performance, but retains much of the original features and feel.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Read on to learn exactly how to soup up that morning shot.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2025
The series chronicled Sparks, Kiley, Hoskins, and Stuart repairing and souping up pickup trucks.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Roku 65-inch Pro Series TV for $600 ($200 off): Roku souped up its Pro Series for 2025, adding even better brightness and contrast to the world’s simplest interface.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 8 Oct. 2025
A lot of utility can come from souping up your Camry, but no amount of tweaking will turn it into a Ferrari.
—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
There’s owner Joe Ghattas, a former car dealer who over 10 years turned a side hustle souping up Jeeps into a multimillion-dollar business headquartered in a $10.7 million plant near the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Powerline Road.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
Under his meticulous care, the gleaming red sports car has been souped up to generate 400-horsepower turbo performance, but retains much of the original features and feel.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
Read on to learn exactly how to soup up that morning shot.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2025
The series chronicled Sparks, Kiley, Hoskins, and Stuart repairing and souping up pickup trucks.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Roku 65-inch Pro Series TV for $600 ($200 off): Roku souped up its Pro Series for 2025, adding even better brightness and contrast to the world’s simplest interface.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 8 Oct. 2025
A lot of utility can come from souping up your Camry, but no amount of tweaking will turn it into a Ferrari.
—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
There’s owner Joe Ghattas, a former car dealer who over 10 years turned a side hustle souping up Jeeps into a multimillion-dollar business headquartered in a $10.7 million plant near the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Powerline Road.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soup up
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Today, every inch of the Starquarters has been embellished with La DoubleJ’s maximalist patterns.—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
24 Mar. 2026
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Her trademark mix of stratospheric vocals, whiplash sound design, and electronic beats is in full force, her gigantic productions embellished by co-producers James Ford and Hudson Mohawke, with Jacques Greene among the additional producers.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 Mar. 2026
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Sacramento improved its position in the lottery standings, gaining ground on the Nets and Indiana Pacers, who beat the Miami Heat 135-118 after losing 18 of their last 19 games.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Albin is confident the offensive line will improve this season, allowing the signal callers to take command of the offense.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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After being tricked by Scarpia, Cavaradossi is hanged for treason.—
Courtney Lewis,
Florida Times-Union,
28 Mar. 2026
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Ever since the first caveman tricked his neighbor into trading a pile of rocks for some tasty mastodon steaks, con men have been persuading others to act against their own interests.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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There’s a ballooning opportunity globally for developers to tap into this market and ameliorate that disconnect.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2026
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Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols proposed a $105 million private trust, called Road to Repair, aimed at ameliorating the long-term damage of the massacre through scholarships, housing, and general reinvestment in Tulsa’s Greenwood district.—
Caleb Gayle,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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