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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
In 2019, a Beluga whale turned up on the Norwegian coast wearing a harness that appeared to have a mount for a small camera, sparking speculation that it had been trained to spy for the Russian navy.
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Frank Andrews, CBS News, 12 June 2026
The Indian and his wife and the little boy turned up at camp about noon next day.
—Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
Those turned up positive for Ebola.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 11 June 2026
That was when the team really turned up the defensive intensity on Thursday, dialing up a variety of coverages on Gilgeous-Alexander that kept the Thunder from going on any runs with Wemby out.
—William Guillory, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Deep surveys of the sky have turned up galaxies vastly larger than our own.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 29 May 2026
The search turned up a gun hidden under the bushes along the fence line and an additional bullet.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
In a probing piece for The New Yorker, journalist Jessica Winter took a hard look at Burden’s financial profile—and incidentally turned up some holes in the narrative that has defined her divorce as tragic for chiefly financial reasons.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
That year, Quentin Tarantino turned up to the Palm Dog awards to collect the prize himself.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 22 May 2026
Frank Andrews, CBS News, 12 June 2026
The Indian and his wife and the little boy turned up at camp about noon next day.
—Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
Those turned up positive for Ebola.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 11 June 2026
That was when the team really turned up the defensive intensity on Thursday, dialing up a variety of coverages on Gilgeous-Alexander that kept the Thunder from going on any runs with Wemby out.
—William Guillory, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Deep surveys of the sky have turned up galaxies vastly larger than our own.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 29 May 2026
The search turned up a gun hidden under the bushes along the fence line and an additional bullet.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
In a probing piece for The New Yorker, journalist Jessica Winter took a hard look at Burden’s financial profile—and incidentally turned up some holes in the narrative that has defined her divorce as tragic for chiefly financial reasons.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
That year, Quentin Tarantino turned up to the Palm Dog awards to collect the prize himself.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned up
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In February the James Beard Foundation honored Inglewood’s Serving Spoon restaurant as an American classic; on Monday night third-generation owners Jessica Bain and Justin Johnson appeared onstage to collect their medals.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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Maxi Falcon, the Herons’ other Uruguayan, has never appeared for his senior national team.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
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Fans arrived early and many took a free shuttle.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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Some supporters arrived from New York and Ohio, while others traveled from Montreal and beyond.—
J.M. Banks
June 15,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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The James Beard Foundation was founded in 1986 and is named for the legendary cookbook author who has been called America’s first foodie.—
Jeanne Bonner,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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The company was founded in 1998 by skydivers Chris Hall and his father, John Hall, and for nearly three decades has operated out of Butler Memorial Airport.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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Another worker described the chaos that unfolded when well over a dozen teens brawled inside the diner.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
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As the investigation unfolded, Reagan's family and authorities learned the shocking truth that Parker had been faking a pregnancy since January 2020 and was desperate to complete the scheme.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
16 June 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 much of history, before humans learned how to engineer immunity, almost every parent had to bury at least one of their children, and often more.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The young star learned nothing comes easy at Madison Square Garden.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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In Geneva, Switzerland’s second-largest city and a hub of United Nations institutions and humanitarian groups, early results showed about two-thirds of voters in the region opposed the measure.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Ukraine’s emergency services said a fire had affected 800 square meters of the roof of the Dormition Cathedral, and released images that showed damage to the building.—
Victoria Butenko,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Even Krispy Kreme got in on the fun, sharing their very own tutorial on Monday, June 15.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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Mom got in some distant cousin’s car within twenty minutes of arriving, which wasn’t surprising.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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