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beefed up

[beeft-uhp] / ˈbiftˈʌp /


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Over the past year, the carrier has beefed up its schedule there and is poised to win back gates it previously lost.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The backroom staff has been beefed up, with Sarah Taylor enlisted to sort the fielding and Troy Cooley adding support to the fast bowlers.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

James Monroe and Andrew Jackson beefed up and refurbished the White House.

From Slate May 18, 2026

North Korea's abrupt border closure in 2020 stranded many of them abroad for years, and Pyongyang later beefed up defences along the frontier to dissuade illegal crossings.

From Barron's Mar. 29, 2026

This tally of instruments, occasionally beefed up by timpani and trumpets, was the template for the classical orchestra as used by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and their contemporaries.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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