build up
Example Sentences
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Even building up to the game, you could feel it in and around the stadium before kick-off.
From BBC
"That would reduce mortality, disease severity, and perhaps build up a level of immune resilience that would have a huge impact," says Pulendran.
From BBC
Walmart's newly installed leadership team on Thursday emphasized plans to build up artificial intelligence integration, lifting shares of the retail behemoth despite a cautious forecast.
From Barron's
Manchester city centre has been transformed with colourful murals and billboard takeovers by local artists as part of the build up to the Brits next week.
From BBC
Special dishwasher salt, meanwhile, helps to "soften the water preventing lime scale build up and those horrid white marks on glasses."
From BBC
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