whipped (up)

past tense of whip (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whipped (up)
Verb
  • Republicans provoked a shutdown at the exact same point in the calendar in 2013 over defunding Obamacare — and the polls at that time were bad for the GOP.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Yet, as many observers predicted, attempts to extend transatlantic cohesion through NATO expansion ultimately provoked a Russian reaction that a transatlantic relationship premised on economic cooperation might not have had.
    JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Investors saw this in quarterly earnings reports from Club holdings Meta Platforms, Amazon, and other Big Tech names, which raised their capital expenditures.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Hong Kong’s financial secretary Paul Chan said Sunday that initial public offerings had raised nearly 150 billion Hong Kong dollars so far this year, ranking top globally.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Whipped (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whipped%20%28up%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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