show up
Example Sentences
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Then you just have to do what taverngoers have done for the last 250 years: Show up and order a drink—then do it again and again until everyone there knows your name.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Show up at a random Pop Warner football game in rural Idaho, and you might find 22 different parents recording the action on 22 different camera phones.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
“All federal workers must once again show up to work. Show up to work in person like the rest of us. It doesn’t work when you don’t show up,” he said.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2025
The premise is simple: Show up with a book, commit to vanquishing a chapter or two and chat with strangers about what you’ve just read.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2023
Show up to parties I was never invited to?
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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