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as in to brighten
to become glad or hopeful
buck up, kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be
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as in to encourage
to fill with courage or strength of purpose
a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops
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An Amazon search currently shows me options from seven bucks up to a hundred.
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New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2024
Gandalf uses it to help buck up the fellowship ferrying the ring through Middle-earth and, later, the men defending the city of Gondor.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
And his stealth war pronouncements aimed to buck up his rule-of-law bona fides and to give him breathing room to meet the threat for three more years, running out the clock on his national security responsibilities and passing to his successor the quandary of how to legitimize permanent secret war.
—Jack Goldsmith, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2013
President Biden’s lieutenants want to write off his dismal debate performance on Thursday as one bad night and are calling on Democrats to buck up and fight.
—E.j. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, 30 June 2024
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New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2024
Gandalf uses it to help buck up the fellowship ferrying the ring through Middle-earth and, later, the men defending the city of Gondor.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
And his stealth war pronouncements aimed to buck up his rule-of-law bona fides and to give him breathing room to meet the threat for three more years, running out the clock on his national security responsibilities and passing to his successor the quandary of how to legitimize permanent secret war.
—Jack Goldsmith, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2013
President Biden’s lieutenants want to write off his dismal debate performance on Thursday as one bad night and are calling on Democrats to buck up and fight.
—E.j. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, 30 June 2024
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Streetlights are brightening the future for more convenient public battery electric vehicle charging.Ed Garsten, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Warm lights, frosted greenery, and shimmery ribbon all help brighten the powerful use of black hue.Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024
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Delafield said voting means a lot to him, as his World War II veteran father always encouraged his kids.Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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To the extent that a reader has any questions regarding the applicability of any specific issue discussed above to his/her individual situation, he/she is encouraged to consult with the professional advisor of his/her choosing, including a tax advisor and/or attorney.Amy Wagner and Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
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Poets and cub scouts, romantics and scientists, people young and old around the world have looked up and been dazzled by the flecks of light speckled across the night’s inky canvas.Abbey Stone, SELF, 31 Oct. 2024
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Things are looking up for U.S. consumers and future growth.Jason Schenker, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Tom Cruise could never inspire this much confidence.Brian Grubb, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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GameMaker's homepage inspires confidence in potential users by displaying the acclaimed indie games (Hotline Miami, Katana Zero, Nidhogg) made with the engine.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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But if storybook romance and the Swiss Alps aren’t happening, the best moisturizer for glowing skin might serve you well.Jenny Berg, Allure, 24 Oct. 2024
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This disk whirls around at such a rapid pace that the material within it glows white-hot and ionizes, transforming into a dense plasma roiling with magnetic fields.Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
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The eating tray can be easily attached and bear up to 30 lbs.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 27 July 2024
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Aggravating factors include fishing, pollution and habitat loss, on top of the species' unusually infrequent and low-yielding breeding patterns – sand tigers don't breed annually, and only bear up to two pups at a time.Kyle Schmidbauer, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2024
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The authorities did make gestures at reviving home buying and ridding the markets of surplus units.Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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That was when Britain’s AC Cars, which had a relationship with Zagato dating back to the AC Ace Bristol Zagato from 1957, offered to help revive the vehicle and badge it as an AC model.Howard Walker, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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