vamped
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He has also vamped up his Tiktok presence, posting lively behind‑the‑scenes glimpses into political life with a spring in his step.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
Pierre Renoir’s Maigret is stoical and efficient, and will not be vamped by Winna Winifried’s peculiar femme fatale, as hard as she tries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
But, he added, the real Ching Shih would have vamped Kiera Knightly off the screen and stuffed Johnny Depp through the nearest hole without breaking a sweat.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
In this case it was the vaporous butch futurism of the “metaverse,” which he vamped with a craftsy collection based on technology that was itself once considered world-changing: fiber-optics.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
The wind pulled at the dust and the shining rocket and pulled at the accordion, and the dust got into the vamped harmonica.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
