turn up

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Recent Examples of turn up And last year, a modernist mansion with its very own designer fragrance turned up for $58 million. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2025 There have been reports in recent weeks of immigrants turning up for regular check-ins with ICE and being detained, while raids have also taken place. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025 Sign up for the Defense and National Security newsletter President Trump, Rubio and Vice President Vance have turned up the pressure on both Russia and Ukraine, warning that if substantial progress on a peace deal does not materialize soon, the U.S. could walk away from ceasefire negotiations. Filip Timotija, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025 In Missouri, the first northern snakehead turned up in 2019 in a ditch in the state’s southeastern region. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for turn up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn up
Verb
  • Federal prosecutors also appeared to reveal today that Combs had rejected an apparent plea deal.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Even Post Malone appears on the chart this frame in a first for the superstar.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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  • More than 130 cardinals will arrive in Vatican City within the week to participate in the upcoming papal conclave, selecting Pope Francis' successor.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • Speaking of eerie dramas, Nicole Kidman is reprising her role for Season 2 of Hulu’s thriller, Nine Perfect Strangers, arriving on May 22.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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  • The equity research firm conducted a sample on 50 products and found Amazon prices had risen 4.2% higher on April 25.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • Legal cases involving Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, both charged with manslaughter, ended with Baldwin’s case being dismissed and Gutierrez-Reed found guilty.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • An online database that tracks ship movements shows the Mohawk has been docked in its home port since mid-March.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Text messages sent in the hours leading up to O’Keefe’s death read aloud to the court by a Massachusetts state trooper show the couple were at a strained point in their relationship.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
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  • The measure would provide funding for implementation and allow exceptions for students with learning challenges or translation needs.
    Sarah Taddeo, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • The underpinnings of a global order can be traced to the age of discovery, when Europeans first learned to circumnavigate the globe, then established a presence at vast distances, and followed that with empires.
    Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Gibbs' story will continue unfolding in the second season to explain how their deaths have affected his career motivations to fight for victims and get justice.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The story unfolds as Aldrin faces up to his own frailties.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Mace went on to accuse Murray-Quick of getting in her face despite him standing several feet away.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 22 Apr. 2025
  • Rhodes then challenged Travis Scott to get in the ring — noting that both the rapper, Cena and the Rock had been the ones who’d ganged up on him last month during the WWE PLE Elimination Chamber.
    Shaheem Reid, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • First discovered: 9:05 p.m. April 21 Initial location: Humboldt County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Village A new wildfire was reported today at 9:05 p.m. in Humboldt County.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • In an Episode 2 hospital flashback, Abby discovers her father, who was about to remove Ellie's brain for a humanity-saving cure.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Turn up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20up. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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