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worked up

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verb

past tense of work up

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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 See all Example Sentences for worked up 

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“Worked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worked%20up. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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