bangs up

Definition of bangs upnext
present tense third-person singular of bang up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bangs up
Verb
  • The meatpacking giant also charges workers when someone takes or damages their personal protective equipment and insists on a three-year agreement, the union said.
    Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
  • To explore that possibility, researchers at University College London and Queen Square Analytics set out to look beyond symptoms and clinical labels and focus instead on the biological signals of how MS damages the brain.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Sure, flashing a championship ring on a recruiting trip never hurts.
    Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Trade alternatives Multiple free agent options at first base surely hurts the trade market for Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle and Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz (Mountcastle, in particular, seems to have very little role to play in Baltimore at this point).
    Chad Jennings, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Agricultural tariffs have repeatedly triggered retaliation that harms American farmers more than foreign competitors.
    Carol L. Harris, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
  • However, this could be a downside if the earthworm population is extremely high, since eliminating such a high volume of earthworms inevitably harms the soil.
    Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 7 Feb. 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
  • If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.
    Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Long before neuroscience confirmed it, the sages understood that sustained outrage narrows perception, impairs judgment, and corrodes community.
    Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The body of the plane tears down the middle.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • This post spoils the entirety of Bridgerton Season 4 Part 1 (the first four episodes).
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Sinners leading all nominees by a record-breaking margin could shake up the Oscar race, which seemed destined to come down to One Battle After Another and Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet (the two films recently shared the Best Picture spoils at the Golden Globes).
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • After a possible murder shatters shatters the lives of three women in a decades-long friendship, Imperfect Women kicks off into a high-octane thriller that is sure to keep us guessing until its final minute.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Imperfect Women, created for television by Annie Weisman and based on Araminta Hall’s novel of the same name, examines a crime that shatters the lives of a decades-long friendship of three women.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Bangs up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bangs%20up. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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