bangs up

Definition of bangs upnext
present tense third-person singular of bang up
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Verb
  • Even one drink of alcohol damages the immune system, lowering its ability to battle invaders within 20 minutes of consumption.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
  • Nebraska 2nd District The leading Democratic hopefuls in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District have been battling over whether one candidate's campaign damages the party's competitiveness in the area.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Losing Evans, linebacker Lavonte David and cornerback Jamel Dean hurts, but the Bucs deserve the benefit of the doubt until someone else in this division proves something.
    Josh Kendall, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Truncating the final season so drastically definitely hurts the first half of the series finale, which feels chaotic and rushed.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • But when the pressure to succeed remains high, and the cost/difficulty of AI tools remains low, many students are tempted to take a shortcut, even one that ultimately harms them.
    Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
  • And, like its predecessors, this picture tries to present an innocent image of a product that harms human health and the environment.
    Annie Persons, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and a former Google executive, has warned in the past that there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI wipes out humans.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • That timeline could shrink if a massive fraud wipes out public confidence in the Internet.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • About 6 million Americans had opioid use disorder — a problematic pattern of opioid use that significantly impairs or distresses a patient — as of 2022, according to the CDC.
    Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
  • In addition to affecting sleep, chronic stress impairs concentration and cognitive function.
    Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
Verb
  • Even in moments of disagreement, we are called to speak with charity and to seek dialogue that builds up, rather than tears down.
    Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The body of the plane tears down the middle.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • This post spoils the Off Campus book series.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 May 2026
  • Although their relationship begins as a love story, the book brings home the profits of Jacob’s earlier brutality—fate catches up to him, and everything that is love and passion sort of spoils into wrath and obsession.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • The other, from the southwest Khuzestan province, has a filling of dates, walnuts and coconut and pastry that shatters like a shell.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
  • But the illusion shatters when a stranger on the street recognizes the dog… as HER boyfriend Danny’s dog.
    William Earl, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Bangs up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bangs%20up. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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