as in to turn up
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Other detainees have said worms turn up in the food, toilets don’t flush and mosquitoes and other insects are everywhere.—
Mike Schneider,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026 -
Things are turning up for everyone, especially businesses.—
Julia Avant,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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In another classic tasting-menu move, the menu arrives after the meal, a map to study only once the journey is complete.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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One of the owners told officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that 31 other sloths, from Guyana and Peru, had died — either on the way to the attraction or after arriving and being stored over cold nights in a building with no heat or running water.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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His brutal introduction to major-league life continued Tuesday during a divisional matchup in which this team needed to show up.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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During periods of the shutdown, employees at the TSA, currently overseen by acting Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill, went without pay, thousands didn’t show up to work and hundreds quit entirely.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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This beguiling wine bar on one of the original streets of Chinatown is a model for how to enter a historic neighborhood respectfully, without erasing what came before.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Then the Solar System Dynamics Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory analyzes the objects that will come closest to Earth, using infrared-scanning telescopes such as NEOWISE to estimate the size of asteroids, especially darker ones that are difficult to see in the visible spectrum.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 May 2026
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The United States and Iran failed to reach an agreement after peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 12.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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New York has reached the second round of the playoffs every year since Brunson donned the blue-and-orange.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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The horror feature draws on a Vietnamese urban legend about a cursed Saigon apartment block from the 1990s, following an estranged young man who returns home to discover his mother is possessed.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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At the heart of the ranking is its Quality of Life Index, a broad framework developed by InterNations that draws on five key subcategories, including healthcare, safety, and security.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2026
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The potential for governments to intervene in film festivals comes up regularly in Europe, where taxpayer money is used to fund those events to greater or lesser degrees depending on the country.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
10 May 2026
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The Fantasy 5 midday draw came up 1, 8, 10, 14 and 21, numbers picked by a shopper at the Fresco Y Mas Liquor store at 18302 SW 137th Ave.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2026
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Sloane, who has increased his fastball velocity by over 10 mph since last spring and now reaches 90, hit the gym hard.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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During their semifinal win over Wisconsin, the Bruins hit four home runs and pushed their NCAA record single-season team home run total to 181.—
Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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“Waltz (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waltz%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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