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
Sony is hoping to scare up some pre-Valentine’s Day moviegoing with Heart Eyes, which the studio has picked up for a Feb. 7, 2025 release date.
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Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2024
From those humble beginnings, Mahomes and Burrow would go on to put up monster numbers in consecutive conference title tilts, drawing 47.85 million viewers with the Bengals’ win in 2022 before scaring up another 53.12 million fans in KC’s revenge game the following year.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2024
These seem like weak-sauce monsters, unlikely to scare up new votes.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
Either way, the fantasy horror-comedy is on course to scare up one of the biggest September debuts of all time, not adjusted for inflation.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
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Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2024
From those humble beginnings, Mahomes and Burrow would go on to put up monster numbers in consecutive conference title tilts, drawing 47.85 million viewers with the Bengals’ win in 2022 before scaring up another 53.12 million fans in KC’s revenge game the following year.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2024
These seem like weak-sauce monsters, unlikely to scare up new votes.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
Either way, the fantasy horror-comedy is on course to scare up one of the biggest September debuts of all time, not adjusted for inflation.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scare up
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In essence, the Magic Trackpad is just a larger version of the touchpad found on MacBooks.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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But with the Trumps, Musk also may have found a sense of family that has eluded him in certain ways.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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As philosopher George Santayana reminds us, those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.Josh Becker, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Jefferson County residents can learn more about polling locations below.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
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The phenomenon was discovered in the early 1900s among residents of Colorado Springs, Colorado.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The remains of the town were initially discovered in 1599 and by the 19th Century, scientists began to uncover the remains and preserved several in plaster.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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That changed in February, when the state located the necessary drugs and planned to execute Thomas Creech, who was convicted of five murders in three states.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The county is a conservative stronghold located about an hour north of Phoenix.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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What typical purchases will likely get pricier during the next Trump era?Melvin Backman, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Almost half of real-estate agents in the country got into the business in the last five years, buoyed by buyers who did not seem aware of how the system worked.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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