turning up
Example Sentences
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To make that work, he needs to keep as much energy as possible flowing through and around the strait while turning up the pressure on Iran’s economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
“El Niño is not just on our doorstep — it is inside the house and turning up the heat. And this is only a warmup act,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"That is five years turning up to every championships and winning. It's really hard to stay that consistent."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
More than a century later, Cornell apparently still has bears turning up on campus — though university officials would now prefer students not butcher them in the dorm kitchen.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
It was the kind of thing she did, turning up in unexpected places, and now that she was a messenger, she could go just about anywhere.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
