as in to creep up
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With notable timing, these security updates turned up the same day Samsung finally started to roll out its stable One UI 7 / Android 15 upgrade to its 2024 and 2023 flagships.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025 -
Suiting the occasion perfectly, Hocevar turned up for NASCAR's Throwback Weekend at Darlington in a meticulously detailed Dale Earnhardt Sr. 1997 Chevrolet Silverado, complete with period-correct decals and great attention to detail.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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Last month Wong briefly went to Canada with a fellow Columbia PhD student who chose to leave the US after ICE agents repeatedly showed up at her door.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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This can happen only when the public around you is more than just the person in the gorilla suit who usually shows up to these things.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
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The film arrives on Amazon Prime Video on Thursday.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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In some cases, entire shipping containers arrive in the U.K. filled with thousands of packages, each addressed to fictitious recipients in order to evade inspection and avoid detection.—
Aleksandra Bal,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Sneak up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneak%20up. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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