turned up
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In some villages, microfinance officers on motorbikes turned up for land-title distribution ceremonies, ready to write new loans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The screened turned up a few household names: CVS Health, Pfizer, Verizon Communications, and Best Buy.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The week before Los Angeles’ mayoral primary, a Spencer Pratt campaign van turned up on Hyperion Avenue, the road that separates the Los Feliz and Silver Lake neighborhoods on the city’s Eastside.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
In 2023, the ATF revoked the license of a shop in the Phoenix suburbs, Chambered Group, after four inspections in five years turned up a host of violations.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
I turned up leaves and dug a bit in the dirt, but I didn’t find so much as a snail.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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