souped-up
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Ms. Lewis George’s business tax is one target; a souped-up investment-income tax under debate in the City Council is another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Some take comfort in hoary comic patterns, souped-up eccentricity and reassuring pieties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
A souped-up, full throttle pop anthem, it cherry-picks the best bits of Queen, Andrew Lloyd Webber and the Beatles, presumably to remind voters of Britain's rich musical heritage.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
The film was shot on souped-up iPhones, which would initially seem gimmicky if Boyle hadn’t shot parts of the “28 Days Later” on handheld digital video camcorders.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2025
Dad bought a souped-up old Ford Fairlane that winter, and one weekend when the weather got cold, he announced that we were going swimming at the Hot Pot.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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