rev
Example Sentences
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He revved up his real-estate activities, working with a young neighbor to place big, long-term wagers, unusual for a nonagenarian.
The rally revved up again after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the beginning of an rate-cutting cycle to ward off danger signs in the labor market.
How did the people in these mobs — made up mostly of white men in the American accounts I’ve read — rev themselves up to peak barbarity?
From Seattle Times
GSK’s new vaccine for older adults trains the immune system to recognize a protein on RSV’s surface, and contains an ingredient called an adjuvant to further rev up that immune reaction.
From Washington Times
Some analysts have said Pena's support for Taiwan may come under pressure as Paraguay needs to shrink a large fiscal deficit and rev up the economy.
From Reuters
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