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as in to appear
to come into view
my missing car keys turned up just in time
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as in to arrive
to get to a destination
when do you think our guests will turn up?
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as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
it took days to turn up the original documents
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Recent Examples of turn up
At the December and November events, around 200 fans turned up each time.
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Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
The near-constant throng of collectors turns up not only to buy, but also to sell.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
The Jeep turned up in someone’s yard, with about $4,000 in damage.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
After the Canucks took the lead in the third period, the Flames turned up the pressure and threw a fastball that Vancouver had zero ability to catch up to.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
The near-constant throng of collectors turns up not only to buy, but also to sell.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
The Jeep turned up in someone’s yard, with about $4,000 in damage.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
After the Canucks took the lead in the third period, the Flames turned up the pressure and threw a fastball that Vancouver had zero ability to catch up to.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn up
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Haley Joel made a name for himself with roles in Forrest Gump and Pay It Forward and recently appeared in Blink Twice.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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JoJo has appeared at a number of red carpet events with her father, including the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards and the ESPY Awards.Katie Mannion, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Firefighters arrived about 10:45 p.m. Saturday to find four or five dwellings in a 1,000-square-foot area fully engulfed, according to Elgin Fire Department reports.Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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Tech Glade arrived in New York on an invitation from Salon 94 owner Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, who has collaborated with Lamy and Owens since the inception of their design business.Osman Can Yerebakan, Curbed, 13 Jan. 2025
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That's where Joseph Keil found a skeleton in a sarcophagus filled with water, but for some reason, Keil only removed the cranium from the tomb before sealing it back up.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
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The easier and often more obvious group of four will become yellow once found all together, followed by green, blue and, the hardest or more obscure group, purple.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Genki's product deck also shows a pro controller for the Switch 2, which looks eerily similar to the original peripheral.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Food prices declined by 0.6% month on month as a result of conducive weather conditions, official statistics showed.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
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Babich learned his lesson and took his foot off the blitzing pedal.Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Participants learn to make halloumi, mozzarella, mascarpone, and butter using raw milk and vegetarian rennet.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Stay informed with the latest news, analysis and official statements as events unfold.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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Like so much else in the criminal case and the current American political landscape, the scenario set to unfold in an austere Manhattan courtroom was unimaginable only a few years ago.MICHAEL R. SISAK, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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The season takes new turns while remaining the most ambitious, batty and all-out pleasurable show on TV, an M.C. Escher maze whose plot convolutions never get in the way of its voice, heart and sense of humor.James Poniewozik, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Maybe because those 2,244 hits by Ichiro in that decade are the most anyone has ever gotten in his first 10 big-league seasons.Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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Urban planners are increasingly discovering that a viable solution to traffic congestion, long commute times and excessive vehicle emissions isn’t found at street level, but higher up.Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
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Soderbergh and Jules later discovered that a woman died in the house in the late 1980s, apparently from suicide.Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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