tack (up)

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Verb
  • Bethell hit five fours and five sixes in his 46-ball stay, finishing the game alongside Jofra Archer as England nailed a four-wicket win with an over to spare.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • The How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days actor and his longtime love made their debut at the iconic tennis tournament—held annually at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England—last year and nailed the dress code.
    Meg Walters, InStyle, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • They were filled with protesters — including outraged members of a teachers’ union and relatives of kidnapping victims — as well as fans skeptical of a team that, four years earlier, posted its worst World Cup performance since 1978.
    Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • In response to the dispute, Local 150 has posted an inflatable Scabby the Rat in front of City Hall for months now.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Pinned to their random assortment of hats were scrawled, handmade signs proclaiming liberty or death.
    Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • On September 25, 1975, Roy Bates proclaimed Sealand’s constitution.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Perhaps the most publicized of these policy failures is that the federal government hasn’t taken steps to stave off Social Security benefits cuts.
    Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 22 June 2026
  • With her comeback, Williams is the first active elite athlete to publicize her use of GLP-1s.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • While the event itself will be broadcast live, there will not be a public event in the Times Square plazas, America250 previously confirmed to USA TODAY.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Fox Sports, which broadcasts the games in English, reports an average of 5 million viewers per match across 72 group stage matches.
    Mandalit del Barco, NPR, 2 July 2026
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“Tack (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tack%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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