work upon
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Because there’s almost nothing in Doyle’s stories about Holmes’ early or private life, the pastiche-maker has a virtually blank canvas to work upon.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
O'Brien managed the lion's share of that work, upon which the paper is based.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023
A dozen riveters and heater boys were at work upon a keel which passed on its float.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2020
With little or no ability to work, upon whom or which agencies would the burden of caring for these poor, once misguided souls?
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2018
It was at work upon the feathering of his shafts that the first of the reporters found him.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
