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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tack (up)
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Playing in the Salt Lake City arena where Michael Jordan iced his final NBA championship, Northwestern guard Bryant McIntosh scored a game-high 25 points, nailing 10 of 16 from the field and two game-winning free throws.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026 -
Banchero’s impact The Magic forward missed his first two 3-pointers but nailed a pair from distance to post 17 points in the first half.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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To celebrate, the president wants to offer free admissions that day to the country’s national parks, a self-serving gesture, no doubt, but one that is no surprise for a man who spent much of his adult life plastering his name on the sides of buildings, airplanes and casino hotels.—
Leonard Greene,
Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2025
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In one scene, Gracie Abrams texts Taylor a picture of the singer plastered on the side of a hotel in Indianapolis.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
23 Dec. 2025
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Since the beginning of the year, nearly 100 GOP members of Congress have posted about Islam or Muslims, and almost all of those posts have been negative, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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They were both released after the meeting ended, when fellow protesters showed up at the jail and raised money to post their bail.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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Wherever Lafayette traveled, parades and speeches proclaimed the United States the world’s beacon of liberty.—
Regina E. Mason,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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And while the exact statistics are impossible to determine, several current ghostwriting websites proclaim that over 50% of the books currently on the NY Times non-fiction bestseller list have been ghostwritten, though many agents and ghostwriters assure me that figure is too low.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Iranian government has not allowed the media to publicize anti-regime voices from within Iran, and no one against the war or the regime would speak to CBS News on camera at the burials, even with the promise of anonymity.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Conservative Christian advocacy organization Texas Values publicized the complaint.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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The casual tennis fan knows about the four majors, three of which are broadcast on ESPN.—
Lucas Shaw,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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The game will be broadcast on ESPN2 or ESPNU.—
Jim Barnes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Tack (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tack%20%28up%29. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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