turn up

Example Sentences

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The 35-year-old figured maybe a dozen or so people might turn up and brought seven cakes to make sure everyone would get a taste.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

HP’s latest AI announcements turn up the heat for Apple to deliver exciting AI updates of their own at WWDC.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Under the circumstances, kicking the can down the road in the hopes that something might turn up looked to a lot of smart people like the best of bad options.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

He said hospitality was really struggling and when diners did not turn up, there was "a real impact on small businesses like ours".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

We’d turn up at the Ex-Services Bowls Club every week and bowl our hearts out for an hour or so before we were packed back onto the bus and sent home.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge