stood up

past tense of stand up
as in flew
to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval a hypothesis that won't stand up to close analysis

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Recent Examples of stood up But when the bride finally put her foot down and stood up for herself, both the mother-in-law and her fiancé got upset. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025 One kid stood up and said, Three tours, there is no courage without vulnerability. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025 However, as Schwartz was leaving his last class of the day, his choir teacher, Renato Vellutino, stood up from behind the piano and pulled him into a bear hug. NPR, 27 Oct. 2025 Some other new fall arrivals stood up for themselves as well. Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025 Bunnie Xo stood up for herself while also defending her husband, Jelly Roll, after being attacked online for her bombshell appearance. Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025 As Saft stood up, his phone pinged. Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025 The minister grinned, refused to commit himself, and then stood up for a round of photographs. Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025 Papoose allegedly stood up for his girlfriend, Claressa Shields, in a firm way after she got called Serena Williams. Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stood up
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  • Since Operation Nightingale began, the three agencies have worked on 24,757 square feet of the site and recovered nearly 5,000 of the plane’s artifacts.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But the real, urgent work ahead of them was to redeem the losses slavery had wrought.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • Experimental drugs that could help them are being held up while their disorder progresses daily, their dad said.
    Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Users have confirmed the easy-to-maintain material has held up after multiple trips through the washer and dryer with no pilling.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Stood up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stood%20up. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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