as in approached
to come near or nearer
belly up to the buffet table and help yourselves
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Midway through April, Sasaki approached pitching coaches Mark Prior and Connor McGuiness and suggested making a tweak to his forkball.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
18 May 2026 -
As the February deadline approached, Epstein’s entities had not finished leaving the bank.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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After Anaheim closed to within 3-1, Pavel Dorofeyev scored two third-period goals.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Andy Gall today and as a rookie patrolman For Gall, who was just a rookie that September day in 1979, the verdict closed a very big circle.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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The initial fund, K2P Film Fund I, closed in February 2026 with major investors including financial institutions such as Mitsubishi UFJ Bank and the Development Bank of Japan.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
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The Andersonville Ann Sather closed in 2013, and the space is now occupied by a Raygun apparel and design store.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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The interiors drew on local textiles, the cabin libraries were chock-full of books on local flora and fauna.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
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Then, after a court ordered another round of redistricting after finding African-American votes were diluted, McBath shifted to a district Republicans drew on the western side of Atlanta.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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That single footlight at Williams’ feet came up as primarily illumination again and again (really making those green socks pop), while at other times there was a monochromatic effect that puts the singer on roughly equal footing with the rest of her band.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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The Hawkeyes came up just short on a two-point conversion that would have forced overtime in the division-deciding game at Wisconsin.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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As the year 2000 neared, programmers realized that computers might not interpret 00 as 2000, but as 1900, potentially causing disruption.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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As Ohtani’s night neared its end, Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior went out for a mound visit.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
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“Bellied up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bellied%20up. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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