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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
A couple of thousand fans braved the rain and turned up on the Old Trafford forecourt, as did the captains of the men’s and women’s teams, Bruno Fernandes and Maya Le Tissier, and the respective sides’ managers, Michael Carrick and Marc Skinner.
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Andy Mitten, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
The trumpet is one of many Iron Age items that have turned up across Britain in the past year.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
As the days went on after his killing, fewer news cameras turned up, but mourners kept coming.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Intensive searches at the time and in succeeding decades have turned up no evidence of the plane’s wreckage.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
High-end apparel maker Ralph Lauren also turned up on the screen as a stock that’s seen upwardly revised earnings estimates.
—Davis Giangiulio,christopher Hayes, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Search warrants executed at those locations turned up images that depicted the abuse of infants and toddlers.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Much like his first term, his clemency power this year has been a reflection of his politics, but turned up to new levels.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
High school students have walked out of class, and elders have turned up to protests in the frigid cold.
—David Ostendorf, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
Andy Mitten, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
The trumpet is one of many Iron Age items that have turned up across Britain in the past year.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
As the days went on after his killing, fewer news cameras turned up, but mourners kept coming.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Intensive searches at the time and in succeeding decades have turned up no evidence of the plane’s wreckage.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
High-end apparel maker Ralph Lauren also turned up on the screen as a stock that’s seen upwardly revised earnings estimates.
—Davis Giangiulio,christopher Hayes, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Search warrants executed at those locations turned up images that depicted the abuse of infants and toddlers.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Much like his first term, his clemency power this year has been a reflection of his politics, but turned up to new levels.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
High school students have walked out of class, and elders have turned up to protests in the frigid cold.
—David Ostendorf, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned up
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The stepbrother of a Florida teenager who died aboard a Carnival cruise ship appeared in federal court in Miami on Friday, as investigators continue probing the circumstances surrounding her death.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Duren turned around to get face-to-face with Diabate and the two appeared to butt heads.—
Steve Reed,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Officers rendered aid until emergency services arrived, and the boy was taken to UofL Hospital.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
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By the time Victor Villa arrived at his restaurant Villa’s Tacos in Highland Park on Monday afternoon, a mob of press surrounded him, a line of customers had stretched down the block since daybreak, and cars and TV-news satellite trucks circled the parking lot, double parked in front of red curbs.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile the National Citizen Party (NCP), a political party founded by students following the uprising, has struggled to meaningfully muscle its way into Bangladesh’s fractious and often violent political scene.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Who founded Black History Month?—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Feb. 2026
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An unprecedented wave of Chinese AI listings has also unfolded in Hong Kong.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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As the investigation into the shooting unfolded, detectives showed still images of Neves-Valente taken from surveillance video to several shooting victims.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
10 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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For years, this unspoken truth has hardened her, shaping her into a woman of precision and emotional distance — a mother who learned survival through silence.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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Kanzi learned elements of language at a very young age.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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Staff at Hearst took note this week of the frequency in which board member and scion Austin Hearst dined with Epstein in 2013; emails showed Epstein invited Hearst to visit his home, and the two planned a trip together to visit Harvard.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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And on Sunday before 70,823 at Levi’s Stadium, the unit showed the world there is room for more than one hard-hitting, suffocating defense in Seahawks history.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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But the two immediately got in each other’s face, with Diabate pressing his head against Duren, which set everything off.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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For example, during the pandemic, a friend of mine and her partner got in the habit of taking a daily walk through their neighborhood, phones in pockets, just walking and talking, together.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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