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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 team developed South Korea’s first two-legged walking robot, called Hubo, in 2005.John Kang, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Overstreet has worked with prestigious teams like Hendrick Motorsports and has developed a strong engineering background and technical skills.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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They’re fed up with high prices and unsafe streets.Bill Essayli, Orange County Register, 11 Jan. 2025
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His supporters included people fed up with Bidenomics and administrative snafus, everyday bureaucratic mazes that waste time, money and patience.Thomas J. Greitens, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2025
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In 1990, Bush had forged a formidable 42-country coalition to liberate Kuwait following Iraq's unprovoked invasion.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Despite their differing backgrounds—Mondale, a northern liberal, and Carter, a southern moderate—the two forged a close and effective alliance.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Waves of immigration have sparked an angry ethno-nationalism that advantages ideological extremes.Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Many people were really unhappy, depressed and angry, frustrated.Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
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Revised Reporting Deadlines For companies created or registered before January 1, 2024, the deadline to file initial beneficial ownership reports has been extended to January 13, 2025.Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Reporting companies created or registered in the United States on or after December 3, 2024 and on or before December 23, 2024 have an additional 21 days from their original filing deadline to file their initial beneficial ownership information reports with FinCEN.Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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One of my acquaintances is upset because her favorite place to get glasses is no longer in her plan’s network.Diane Omdahl, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Those takeaways were an instrumental part of Denver’s formula in a 24-22 upset.Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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While residents had been protesting the order to vacate since it was issued in November, the tenor of their demonstrations, and the rhetoric surrounding the government’s response, took on a darker, more indignant tone in early December, following the arrest of Vivian Hernandez.Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
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And no other post-World War II president faced a powerful Asian adversary like today’s China: large, resourceful, indignant, and determined to claim the central regional position.Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2022
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Lawmakers, surprised by the assault on their pet projects, were livid.Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar was seen livid in the outfield after the FOX broadcast showed objects were being hurled from the stands in his direction.Scott Thompson, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Worked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worked%20up. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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