bangs up

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

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Verb
  • Children are more likely to suffer from HUS, which damages blood vessels, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • This exposure damages the DNA in skin cells and can trigger changes that cause those cells to grow out of control and turn cancerous.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Running hurts your knees and your hips, and even tennis causes shoulder problems.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • This action hurts library patrons, not just the librarians.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Luna himself has acknowledged never finding any, and department policy has always provided for the means to discipline and terminate any employee who engages in behavior that harms the public, fellow employees, or is otherwise prohibited by law.
    Opinion Staff, Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Science shows that burning coal harms human health and contributes to climate change.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 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
  • Researchers believe the cave’s permanent darkness impairs the spiders’ vision, creating an unlikely truce between predator and prey.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Researchers believe the cave’s poor lighting impairs the spiders’ vision, creating an unlikely truce between the species.
    Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The body of the plane tears down the middle.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Pushing too much hostility between team members or pushing Anthony too hard to be the peacekeeper could easily create an ugly atmosphere that spoils the vibe.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Frozen fruit keeps it affordable year-round and nothing spoils mid-week.
    Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Related Stories The film shatters stereotypical visuals of space, veering away from cold and desaturated colors, and using warmer tones such as orange.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Security footage provided by Elfvin shows the robot rolling directly into the side panel of a bus shelter, which shatters and showers the robot and sidewalk around it with what appears to be glass shards.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Bangs up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bangs%20up. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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