rise (to)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rise (to)
Verb
  • The height difference between the dogs left people cracking up.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Are wealth and success all they're cracked up to be?
    Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • DeMarco was also entetaining with his amusing banter in between songs while encouraging his New York fans to clap and wave their arms.
    David Chiu, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Percussion and a choir imbued the ballad with a pulse, and the gracious Warren quickly turned to clap for the singers at song’s end.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That was one of many events over four days that included concerts, book signings, food and drink parties, and walking tours that saluted the life and legacy of Buffett on the island that mutually fed the territorial muse and the talented musician-songwriter.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Disco Divas, Milwaukee Symphony Pops Principal Pops Conductor Byron Stripling continues his reinvigoration of the MSO's Pops series with this program saluting powerhouse voices of the disco era, such as Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle and others.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • During the In Memoriam segment, the starry audience applauded loudly as Loni Anderson, Michelle Trachtenberg, George Wendt, John Amos and Maggie Smith were honored, and when Ozzy Osbourne, David Lynch and Quincy Jones' names appeared, the applause was particularly loud.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Trump later signed a baseball and applauded Aaron Judge's home run, waving his arms while speaking with box guests before taking a seat.
    Jillian Frankel, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So bravo to Aslan Khabliev, CEO of Loewe Technology, who is steering a century-old German brand into a new era.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those who cheered his murder are also cheering for the death of America.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Saturday Night Live’s Bowen Yang, also a nominee in the category, was shown cheering the victory.
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • MXene meets nickel ferrite Hydrogen is widely hailed as a clean energy option.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Indian actor Ahaan Panday makes his debut with the Bollywood film Saiyaara which was hailed as the unofficial third film in Mohit Suri’s hit romantic franchise Aashiqui.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Mexican boxer issued his first public comments on X, praising Crawford while addressing his own future following the unanimous-decision defeat.
    Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Fans took to the comments to react, with many praising them both for their humor.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Rise (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rise%20%28to%29. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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