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set up

[set-uhp] / ˈsɛtˌʌp /




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The teachers have also set up camp near the World Cup fan zone in Mexico City's Zocalo square.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The sisters have set up a fundraising page in the hopes of raising £500,000 to cover the treatment and accompanying travel costs.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Diogo Mónica, who has amassed sizable positions in a number of startups over his career, set up a plan to avoid rash decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

His first show, “Entertainers With Byron Allen,” packaged the five-minute celebrity interviews during hotel press junkets, a conveyor belt of actors promoting their latest projects set up by the studios into an hourlong talk show.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

So Charlie and Glenn set up a back-and-forth between themselves.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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