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Recent Examples of Synonyms for geared up
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Frustration has mounted over what many Venezuelans saw as an inadequate government response, with soldiers, firefighters, police and emergency services struggling to respond to the scale of the disaster.
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Another version of the America 250 emblem, prominently featuring the numbers in red and blue, also was mounted on each of the solid rocket boosters of Artemis 2's SLS.
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Born and educated in El Fasher, Ibrahim, a general practitioner, had worked throughout the siege in the last functioning health care facility, known as the Saudi Maternity Hospital, in the city.
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His mother is Irish Roman Catholic, and Burnham was educated in Roman Catholic state schools.
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Dirt dike riders surround Baltimore police Police said large groups of dirt bike riders traveled through city parks in North and South Baltimore and gathered near Druid Hill Park.
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On June 13, hundreds of true believers gathered at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California dressed in colorful, reflective, space-age outfits to watch a film and celebrate the existence of aliens.
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She was braced against a near-vertical gray rock on a steep part of the mountain, with her back unnaturally arched and her face pointed at the sky, eyes open.
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Germany and Austria are enduring heat in the 90s, and braced for worse as the weather moves east.
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All of this while new AHL Hartford coach Jay Leach and a changing development staff increasingly shape a prospect pool that’s fortified by the team’s most consequential draft class in at least six years.
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MonthiraYodtiwong/Getty Images Few sources of income are as legally fortified as a federal disability check.
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Yet none of that prepared the younger Berhalter for his own World Cup debut earlier this month.
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Doritos, ramen, marshmallows, and frosted cereals; French fries cooked in beef tallow; tofu prepared on a grill that just had meat on it—even the most innocuous products can contain beef, pork, or dairy.
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Les Bleus schooled the Blågult, and there are few superlatives left for the French captain and his attacking rogues’ gallery.
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Whoever is landing in Texas are going to be absolutely schooled by some of the best barbecue Texas-style restaurants anywhere in the world.
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“Geared up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geared%20up. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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