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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
Bum-seok seems done for until Sung-ae turns up with a cop car full of military-grade weapons to slow the thing down.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
But both are good at solving crimes, and here in season 2, Eddie is reluctantly stuck in her hometown when an arm turns up in the mouth of a dead alligator, and many more body parts arrive over time.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
The latter activity gives them some solid ground to plant their hooves on when George abruptly turns up dead one morning, poisoned by an unknown suspect.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
The inspection includes placing a dye into toilets and holding tanks to see if any of the dye turns up in the water around the boat, indicating a leak.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Then one of Shapira’s fellow soldiers turns up and shoots the Syrian dead.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
Beetz stars as Asia, a young woman who turns up on the stoop of a high-end Manhattan apartment building, the Virgil, answering an ad for a maid job.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
This season, Billy really turns up the fashion, and his obsession with fashion becomes very clear.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2026
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.
—Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
But both are good at solving crimes, and here in season 2, Eddie is reluctantly stuck in her hometown when an arm turns up in the mouth of a dead alligator, and many more body parts arrive over time.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
The latter activity gives them some solid ground to plant their hooves on when George abruptly turns up dead one morning, poisoned by an unknown suspect.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
The inspection includes placing a dye into toilets and holding tanks to see if any of the dye turns up in the water around the boat, indicating a leak.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Then one of Shapira’s fellow soldiers turns up and shoots the Syrian dead.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
Beetz stars as Asia, a young woman who turns up on the stoop of a high-end Manhattan apartment building, the Virgil, answering an ad for a maid job.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
This season, Billy really turns up the fashion, and his obsession with fashion becomes very clear.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2026
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.
—Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turns up
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Fighting appears to shift in Ukraine’s favor The correlation of forces in the war has shifted in recent months.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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The La Jolla Recreation Center appears to have been saved from potential closure after San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria revised a budget proposal that last month included a scenario in which the 111-year-old building would be shuttered.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
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When a young and charismatic actor arrives to study under the fallen master, an intense triangle of manipulation, desire and performance begins to unfold.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Set in 1858 and adapted by Virginia Feito from her own novel, Victorian Psycho stars Monroe as Winifred Notty, an idiosyncratic young woman who arrives at the wealthy Pounds family’s old gothic manor, claiming to be the house’s new governess.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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His father, John Allen Wooden, a writer and creative producer and one of more than a dozen parents who spoke to NBC News about i-Ready, finds this baffling.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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The largest study of school phone bans finds mixed results.—
Greg Toppo,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Like the movie, the series begins as a deeply human story grounded in relationships that gradually unfolds into a large-scale, epic adventure.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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Not every summer movie needs to be a mystery that unfolds hallway after hallway, with a creature hiding around every corner ready to pop out.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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By evening, the Aries Moon stirs private ambition and a stronger inner conviction about what comes next.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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The letter, sent Friday, comes amid a high-stakes legal battle currently playing out in an Oakland federal courtroom between onetime partners Altman and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who in 2015 co-founded the AI company best known for creating ChatGPT.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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As the meter rises, each ride becomes a space for connection and storytelling, where Kareem learns about the lives of the people behind the wheel and ultimately discovers a little more about himself.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Experiments fail often, but the system learns quickly because entry is cheap, exit is tolerated, and capital recycles rapidly.—
David H. Hsu,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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According to the Wall Street Journal, new data shows the growth of xAI’s two-year old chatbot, Grok, has stagnated.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
14 May 2026
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Resident video shows aftermath Initial video released Sunday by a nearby resident showed officers running along the light‑rail tracks toward a person, and one officer kicking away what appears to be a gun from the individual on the ground.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
Verb
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The show gets in-depth analysis from the journalists covering our region’s most important issues.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Who gets in the race and wants to lose?—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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