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as in appeared
to come into view
my missing car keys turned up just in time
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as in arrived
to get to a destination
when do you think our guests will turn up?
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as in found
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
it took days to turn up the original documents
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Recent Examples of turned up
Police sources say McDermott resisted arrest, and a subsequent search turned up a crack pipe.
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Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
During the Cold War’s frequent crises, some two dozen of these men on the spot turned up in cities scattered across five continents—Athens, Jakarta, Manila, Saigon, Vientiane, Tehran, Kinshasha, Luanda, Paris, and even Washington, DC.
—Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
At the same time, the administration has turned up the pressure by blocking oil shipments to the island.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
An inventory of Kansas City’s water service lines hasn’t turned up any lead pipes yet, but that doesn’t mean the city is finished looking — or out of the woods.
—Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
Elsewhere, insiders turned up the sartorial volume on blue jeans, blazers, and crisp button-ups with boyish accessories—think ties, baseball caps, and chunky loafers.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
Mansfield, which trailed 11-5 after one quarter, got a game-high 17 points from Caden Shaver and 16 more from Zion Robinson as the Tigers turned up the defensive pressure from that point.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026
As fans turned up to support the Under-18s play Manchester City in the FA Youth Cup at Kingsmeadow Stadium, they were greeted by the official club mascot, Stamford the Lion.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
King’s body turned up in Tennessee’s Cumberland River in May 2025, and an autopsy revealed 39 stab wounds, officials said.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026
Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
During the Cold War’s frequent crises, some two dozen of these men on the spot turned up in cities scattered across five continents—Athens, Jakarta, Manila, Saigon, Vientiane, Tehran, Kinshasha, Luanda, Paris, and even Washington, DC.
—Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
At the same time, the administration has turned up the pressure by blocking oil shipments to the island.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
An inventory of Kansas City’s water service lines hasn’t turned up any lead pipes yet, but that doesn’t mean the city is finished looking — or out of the woods.
—Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
Elsewhere, insiders turned up the sartorial volume on blue jeans, blazers, and crisp button-ups with boyish accessories—think ties, baseball caps, and chunky loafers.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2026
Mansfield, which trailed 11-5 after one quarter, got a game-high 17 points from Caden Shaver and 16 more from Zion Robinson as the Tigers turned up the defensive pressure from that point.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026
As fans turned up to support the Under-18s play Manchester City in the FA Youth Cup at Kingsmeadow Stadium, they were greeted by the official club mascot, Stamford the Lion.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
King’s body turned up in Tennessee’s Cumberland River in May 2025, and an autopsy revealed 39 stab wounds, officials said.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned up
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Fifty-six companies appeared to rely on undisclosed GRAS safety determinations for 275 chemicals, the investigation found.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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In addition to Condé Nast Traveler, her work has appeared in Texas Monthly, The Nature Conservancy Magazine, Gear Junkie, AARP Magazine, Southern Living, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Mar. 2026
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People in trucks have arrived with thousands of containers from other states where the bottle return fee is 5 cents or nothing at all, costing businesses millions and creating a conundrum for legislators, who are now trying to fix the situation.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
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Immediately following this incident EMS and NYPD quickly arrived on site to ensure the safety and well-being of impacted students.—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Anthropic was founded in 2021 by a group of former OpenAI staff and researchers, including Dario Amodei, who left the company after disagreements over its direction.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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Authorities’ security concerns surrounding the burial location are well founded.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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The event unfolded against the backdrop of a widening Democratic protest.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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This frenzy unfolded into a succession of rings, like craps tables at a casino, in which breed competitions were taking place simultaneously—churning packs of basenjis, salukis, Xoloitzcuintlis, whippets, shih tzus, rat terriers, malamutes, and pugs.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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Aviation analyst Peter Layton of the Griffith Asia Institute, a former Royal Australian Air Force officer, told CNN that China could have learned a range of things from Brown.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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Investigators learned that a majority of the suspects were active-duty Navy and that many were associated with criminal street gangs, official said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Videos circulating online and verified by the AP showed dozens cheering and dancing and cars honking their horns in the streets of Karaj, a city near Tehran.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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This meant that in 2025, when no fewer than 15 creative directors showed debut collections across the apex strata of fashion, Lee and Burberry were insulated from the drama.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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But everybody got in there and did a ton of stuff of their own as well.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Dolphins don’t have that kind of spending power without getting creative with bookkeeping, which is exactly how South Florida’s NFL franchise got in this accounting mess in the first place.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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