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as in appears
to come into view
my missing car keys turned up just in time
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as in arrives
to get to a destination
when do you think our guests will turn up?
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as in finds
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
it took days to turn up the original documents
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Recent Examples of turns up
Poitier stars as Homer Smith, a drifter who turns up in a small Arizona town and helps a group of nuns construct a chapel for the local community.
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Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
One day in January 1766, a scruffy visitor turns up at Prince of Wales’ Fort, a remote trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company in what is now northern Manitoba.
—Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2026
Jesse challenges fast-food chains into signing covenants with PUSH to hire and distribute proportionally to their black customers; Noah turns up with a chain of Wendy's, Bojangles, and Church's Fried Chicken in both Chicago and New York.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
The song turns up early in the film.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2026
The menu turns up the heat on fan favorite food and will be available exclusively for rewards members for a limited time.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Keaton’s ambivalence turns up in many of her roles, too.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Or rather — in the dead body of a teenage girl, which turns up in the desert at the start of the film, prompting a long, winding investigation to both uncover the victim’s identity and, eventually, who the culprit is.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Then Pol, Martí’s macho young teen son, turns up, who obviously won’t get on with Julia’s boy.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
One day in January 1766, a scruffy visitor turns up at Prince of Wales’ Fort, a remote trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company in what is now northern Manitoba.
—Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2026
Jesse challenges fast-food chains into signing covenants with PUSH to hire and distribute proportionally to their black customers; Noah turns up with a chain of Wendy's, Bojangles, and Church's Fried Chicken in both Chicago and New York.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
The song turns up early in the film.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2026
The menu turns up the heat on fan favorite food and will be available exclusively for rewards members for a limited time.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Keaton’s ambivalence turns up in many of her roles, too.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Or rather — in the dead body of a teenage girl, which turns up in the desert at the start of the film, prompting a long, winding investigation to both uncover the victim’s identity and, eventually, who the culprit is.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Then Pol, Martí’s macho young teen son, turns up, who obviously won’t get on with Julia’s boy.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turns up
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Additionally, the loss of key leadership appears to have left the government more hard-line and allowed the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to expand its control.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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The latest move appears to signal a potential shift after Cuba has allowed limited private enterprise on the island since 2021, though those opportunities have largely excluded Cubans living abroad.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Abnormal Studios also arrives at FilMart with a diverse Cambodian lineup.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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The day after the album arrives, BTS will perform a free concert at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square, which will be livestreamed globally on Netflix.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2026
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That decline in leadership shows up in surveys like the Pew Research Center’s benchmark poll, which finds that trust in government to do what’s right is hovering near historic lows.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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The series once again finds itself in a prescient position with the industry on the precipice of an extinction-level event, and Valerie once again rises to the occasion with a message worth hearing, delivered with a smile that’s improbably radiant.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
17 Mar. 2026
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What unfolds is a deeply personal chronicle of war, exile and heartbreak, as Israa grows up navigating adolescence, identity and belonging far from the home she was forced to leave.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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What unfolds, in eye-catching illustrations by Muhammad Asadullah, is a story of learning not just for Lester, but also for his mother.—
Helen I. Bennett,
Hartford Courant,
12 Mar. 2026
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Our March madness this year comes with a record-breaking Colorado heat wave that will send top temperatures near and above 80 degrees by the middle of the week.—
Dave Aguilera,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The surge comes during spring break and as the South by Southwest Conference and Festival, which kicked off last Thursday, nears its end.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Brains guiding machines To make the system practical, the researchers built an adaptive decoding model that learns general brain patterns and then adjusts to individual users.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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Through archival research, difficult conversations with family, and interviews with numerous surviving people who knew his father (some quite intimately), Junod learns that Lou had many extramarital affairs, including several that stretched on for years.—
Jack Denton,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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Satellite analysis by the AP shows that the school, as well as other targets struck the same day, had characteristics visible from the air that could have identified them as civilian sites before they were struck.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Fanning has been suspended without pay for assaulting two women, including his 30-year-old daughter, a court docket shows Thursday.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2026
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The show gets in-depth analysis from the journalists covering our region’s most important issues.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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The 19th-century villa’s position, perched on the vertiginous slopes right on the water’s edge, means nothing gets in the way of you and the lake.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
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