built up

The pair - now 80 and 81 - began writing to each other and soon built up a rapport, with regular letters going back and forth between Scotland and the United States.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Despite fierce resistance from Berlin and the German lender, UniCredit has built up a stake of nearly 50 percent in Commerzbank and is close to sealing one of Europe's biggest banking mergers in recent years.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

So far this decade, Walmart has built up its so-called retail media network, which charges brands for advertisements and sponsored searches on the retailer’s websites and apps.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

According to media reports, activist investor Elliott might have built up a significant stake in the German telecommunications company and wants it to abandon any potential future merger plans with T-Mobile US.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

I built up my courage, and then tapped him on his shoulder midway through class.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda

Applications could range from deliveries in built-up areas to transporting people through the air, she said -- as well as military uses.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

My odyssey began in Navy Yard, a recently built-up D.C. neighborhood where the Transportation Department is headquartered.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

I had so much built-up anxiety about facing my own numbers, but seeing my boyfriend lay his cards on the table gave me the courage to finally log in and look at mine.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

That means there is less built-up immunity against it.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Every few months—especially when it was hot and humid—the weight of the built-up paper would become too much for the staples, and a slow avalanche of clippings would lean forward and whisper to the floor.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements