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Recent Examples of soup upSoon the company had unveiled o3-mini, o3-mini-high, o4-mini, o4-mini-high, and o3-pro, each of which was souped up with a bespoke combination of post-training techniques.—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025 While the original game was a simple, souped up demolition derby, this adaptation has expanded it into an anarchic trek across America with some Deadpool and Zombieland flourishes from Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.—Lucy Ford, Time, 19 May 2025 Naturally, Sucker Punch Productions immediately broke ground on a remaster, souping up Tsushima’s incredible landscapes into uncharted tiers of fidelity for the new hardware.—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025 In another case, a retail client is souping up its merchandising program with help from GenAI tools.—Haniya Rae, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 That same engine powers the top-end Dark Horse model, but is souped up to 500 hp (368 kW).—Aaron Turpen, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2024 Hurricane Milton, like Hurricane Helene before it, is souped up on hot water in the Gulf of Mexico.—Justine Calma, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024 Elordi, who was announced as a brand ambassador in May, chose a tomato-colored Andiamo carry-all to soup up his speckled cardi and white basics for the presentation.—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2024
This helps improve posture and stability, according to the brand, though the sneakers have an ergonomic insole that provides arch support, too.
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Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
The report calls on leaders to focus on green solutions that can also improve health outcomes, and warns that political backsliding on climate commitments will only cause more harm.
They are also known to trick miners into quarrying worthless ore, following veins of what appears to be copper or silver, but when smelted, is found to be without value or, worse, poisonous.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Mykal-Michelle Harris from Raven’s Home guest-stars as Ruby, a mischievous moon imp who tricks Vee.
Technological marvels do little to ameliorate the hardscrabble existence of most workers; sixty-five-year labor contracts are the norm.
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Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
While many winemakers around the globe are seeking higher sites to ameliorate the effects of a warming planet, others have chosen to plant on mountaintops purely to make the best wine possible.
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