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back up

VERB
move backward
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ADJECTIVE
substitute
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Still, experts have warned that it will take months for the oil and gas industry to return to pre-war levels, as production facilities must be brought back up to speed.

From MarketWatch • May 24, 2026

Plus, Nvidia and Anthropic are in the money, and the hacky sack’s popularity kicks back up.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

He wrote in his “The Fusion Conclusion” newsletter that many fusion experts “think that what TAE is trying to do is improbable if not impossible and have physics-informed calculations to back up their opinions.”

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Having squandered the good-will created by Sam Ryder's success, the BBC delegation now has the tricky task of pushing the boulder back up the hill.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

It bounced back up and grazed my palm.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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