boot up

Example Sentences

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So every day after school, I’d sprint down to my family’s basement and boot up our enormous Gateway 2000 computer.

From Slate • Aug. 12, 2025

On arriving back from Dublin last month, Mrs Rose's car was returned with its "boot up in the air and the bumper completely smashed in".

From BBC • May 23, 2025

The region boasts the largest reserves of lithium in the world, which make up the lithium-ion batteries that boot up the electronic devices used by billions around the globe.

From National Geographic • Jan. 11, 2024

Students at the Greenville, N.C., university say when Polito, 67, would boot up his computer screen, there was always a Las Vegas-themed backdrop.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2023

With sour making my whole head pucker, with the boy boycott back in full swing, I boot up my laptop and type into The Oracle: Guillermo Garcia and Art Tomorrow, hoping to find Mom’s interview.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson