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worked up

[wurkt-uhp] / ˈwɜrktˈʌp /


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Valerie Fridland, a linguistics professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, says that while the study was well done, more data should be collected over time before we get too worked up about it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

"The defendant appeared agitated and worked up, and was remonstrating as he got back into his van," said Knight.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Together, they worked up the proposal for Safe Outdoor Spaces, aimed at allowing managed, secure areas for people to pitch tents in vacant lots to reduce illegal encampments.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Yet something about Sunday’s ceremony made it hard to get too worked up about all the historicizing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

Whatever nerve I’d worked up to call him I immediately lost.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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