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to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort
spent years working up a period novel that was historically accurate in every detail
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Jason Guriel, Longreads, 10 Nov. 2022
Based on it, Britten and his lover Peter Pears, the tenor who inspired so much of his vocal music, worked up an opera scenario, and the writer Montagu Slater turned it into a libretto.
—Dallas News, 21 Oct. 2022
Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Dressed in street clothes, Keldon Johnson worked up a sweat on the Spurs bench in their 102-99 loss to Orlando on Thursday night.
—Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Oct. 2022
Mourning Sagan and racing against the clock, the Contact team worked up until the premiere date in August 1997 to finish the film.
—Vulture, 29 June 2022
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In microseconds, Shakespeare and Company’s invisible AI, lurking on some server, has worked up a précis on the available copies, including prices and comps from recent auctions.
—Jason Guriel, Longreads, 10 Nov. 2022
Based on it, Britten and his lover Peter Pears, the tenor who inspired so much of his vocal music, worked up an opera scenario, and the writer Montagu Slater turned it into a libretto.
—Dallas News, 21 Oct. 2022
Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Dressed in street clothes, Keldon Johnson worked up a sweat on the Spurs bench in their 102-99 loss to Orlando on Thursday night.
—Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Oct. 2022
Mourning Sagan and racing against the clock, the Contact team worked up until the premiere date in August 1997 to finish the film.
—Vulture, 29 June 2022
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The mayor’s critics, who seized on higher crime rates in 2023 to pursue the recall, have suggested that more recent declines are a reflection of voters being too fed up with the city’s notoriously slow 911 response to report actual crimes.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Frontline workers are fed up Keeping the customer satisfied has proven to not always be that satisfying.Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Intimations of violence are regular features of Trump rhetoric, and many of his supporters may be angry enough to respond.Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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The set includes eight emotions: happy, sad, angry, surprised, silly, anxious, loved, and tired.Toby Rose, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
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New York 17th District GOP Rep. Mike Lawler won his first term in 2022, marking an upset against then-Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the chair of House Democrats' campaign arm.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Stevenson is clearly upset after the events that transpired leading to the Bears losing on a last-second Hail Mary pass.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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With her heavy black bangs and penchant for dressing like a paper doll from the 1960s, the comedian is loud, indignant, and ready to entrap both spirits and audience members.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024
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Western capitals were indignant, of course, but failed to notice that the Turkish leader had voiced a sentiment shared widely at home.Piotr Zalewski, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2014
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Although Trump claims not to have heard the joke and his campaign has disavowed it, many Puerto Rican voters, including a healthy crop of public figures, are livid over the slur and the lack of a direct apology from Trump.Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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Nikki, who is inside Brooke's body, becomes livid — desperate to return to her life as a social media influencer.Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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Some are sounding irate about Russia’s response and why it has been caught off guard.Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
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No curfew or irate parents waited at home to punish them.Weike Wang, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Worked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worked%20up. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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