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Recent Examples of hookup
Noun
Originally, Sanders claimed that Davis was stabbed in a confrontation when her recent Tinder hookup showed up unexpectedly. Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025 As standard, the Augustine comes with hookups for power and water but it can also be upgraded to run off-the-grid with water tanks and solar panels. Adam Williams, New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
While all this is going on, Chloe begins secretly hanging out and hooking up with Tyler's friend Ryan (West Mulholland), a sinister jock who worms his way into her good graces as a shoulder to cry on. Megan McCluskey, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025 The Band mastered their craft through years of performing as unknowns – then as the unsuspecting targets of outrage after hooking up with Bob Dylan in the mid-1960s. Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hookup 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hookup
Noun
  • Before leaving for Tokyo, Jacobs spoke with WWD about his return to Japan and the impetus behind doing an exclusive partnership in Japan with Isetan.
    Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
  • It’s being done in coordination with the Black Archives of Mid-America, which publishes a Black history booklet in partnership with the Kansas City Public Library and the Local Investment Commission, also known as LINC.
    Mará Rose Williams, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • That includes parents who want some time to themselves or guests traveling without kids.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The fire truck was traveling north on South Congress Avenue and trying to make a left turn.
    David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While the doctors found nothing alarming, disturbing allegations about Payne’s relationship with Henry began to emerge on TikTok around that time.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Trump's threat of tariffs, this camp believes, can also help the United States get more out of its trade relationships, like compelling foreigners to buy more of America's stuff.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Lung conditions associated with clubbed fingernails include: Lung cancer: About 80% of secondary cases are triggered by lung cancer.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Representatives of the present-day Stonewall Inn, which is part of the national monument, and the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, a nonprofit organization associated with the historic bar, expressed outrage over the changes.
    Susan Haigh, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • One of the dogs had attacked before The condo association where the Withers lived filed a civil lawsuit in April to force the removal of the dogs.
    Laura A. Bischoff, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • In the same token, those who seem to overlook this reality are most likely to develop a brand that inspires the wrong associations.
    Dr. Eric George, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Police have run into problems where driverless vehicles don’t respond to hand signals from officers directing traffic, and the city has been unable to issue tickets to the vehicles, according to a spokesperson for Austin’s Transportation and Public Works department.
    Chris Kirkham and Abhirup Roy, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The protester then ran across the field for several more seconds before being spotted and apprehended by several stadium security members, who carried him off the field as the performance continued.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • There are also pieces that connect Twain to the history of Hartford, advertising which used his name or image to promote stores or utility companies.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Wyoming was led by 6-foot-4 center Allyson Fertig, who connected on 10 of her 14 attempts from inside to score 20 points — just over her Mountain West-leading average of 19.1 points a game.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Professors and therapists Richard Schwartz and Jacqueline Olds from Harvard Medical School investigated the connection between areas of the brain and love.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
  • So much of the album is about struggling with connections, struggling to have faith that the world is going to get better, that your life is going to get better.
    Taylor Mims, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Hookup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hookup. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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