turned up
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Yet their collective advance has suddenly turned up the anxiety level on Wall Street about the potential for a violent blowback in the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Benn turned up regardless and jokingly squared up to his 62-year-old father instead.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
In recent weeks, dozens of sea lions suffering from domoic acid poisoning have turned up on beaches from Monterey County to Sonoma County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
A floating 'island' in a reservoir in British Columbia has turned up about 20 miles from where it was last spotted, after seeming to vanish in July.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
We came out of the Tuileries into the light and crossed the Seine and then turned up the Rue des Saints Pères.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
