as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
I can probably scare up my old textbooks if you need them
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Recent Examples of scare up
Watch on Deadline Universal/Focus’ Nosferatu continues to scare up crazy good numbers, opening in India and Lebanon this weekend to reach a total of 63 in-release territories.
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Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
Verdict: If the movie is even half as chilling as the utterly terrifying teaser trailer, then these zombies will scare up some tasty box office.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
Saturday’s donnybrook at the Horseshoe may not have scared up the massive numbers that last year’s Ohio State-Michigan showdown delivered, but Fox’s broadcast of the 120th installment of The Game still ranks as the college football season’s second-biggest TV draw.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
If the whatever-they-wind-up-calling-it service scares up as many as 3 million subs by 2030, Fishman believes that Disney’s probably looking at nearly a billion dollars ($936 million) in incremental revenue.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
Verdict: If the movie is even half as chilling as the utterly terrifying teaser trailer, then these zombies will scare up some tasty box office.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Jan. 2025
Saturday’s donnybrook at the Horseshoe may not have scared up the massive numbers that last year’s Ohio State-Michigan showdown delivered, but Fox’s broadcast of the 120th installment of The Game still ranks as the college football season’s second-biggest TV draw.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
If the whatever-they-wind-up-calling-it service scares up as many as 3 million subs by 2030, Fishman believes that Disney’s probably looking at nearly a billion dollars ($936 million) in incremental revenue.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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McNeeley gave UConn its first lead since the score was 2-0 with a pair of free throws, and Ball found Reed again for a two-handed slam that put the Huskies up four with 1:11 to go.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2025
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ZiPS, a popular player projection model found on FanGraphs, predicts Goldschmidt will hit .250/.325/.437 with 23 homers, 81 RBI, a 116 wRC+ and 2.2 WAR in 2025.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Nolan, who was traveling with his parents and younger brother, later learned his flight had been canceled after being pushed back multiple times.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Keep scrolling below to learn more about these fashion moments over the weekend.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
17 Feb. 2025
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Chicago police officers responded to a call of a person shot overnight at an apartment in the Woodlawn neighborhood and discovered a woman injured and a 38-year-old man fatally wounded.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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French police are investigating the death of a British couple who were discovered dead in their home in France.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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The region is located within Mare Crisium, a 300-mile-wide basin in the northeast quadrant of the moon's near side, that is believed to have been created by early volcanic eruptions and flooded with basaltic lava more than 3 billion years ago.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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The specimens were located on the banks of the Chel River in the town of Kalimpong in West Bengal after researchers caught wind that it was being consumed by a local tribe, the paper states.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Most people will get HPV, but the vast majority of people show no signs or symptoms.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Ferrell is on the cowbell, and fictional music producer Bruce Dickinson’s (Christopher Walken) gotta have more cowbell, baby.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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