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Recent Examples of soup up
Warm a batch of this creamy soup up on a chilly night and pop in a few biscuits to finish the meal.
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
Read on to learn exactly how to soup up that morning shot.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2025
The series chronicled Sparks, Kiley, Hoskins, and Stuart repairing and souping up pickup trucks.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Roku 65-inch Pro Series TV for $600 ($200 off): Roku souped up its Pro Series for 2025, adding even better brightness and contrast to the world’s simplest interface.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 8 Oct. 2025
Soon the company had unveiled o3-mini, o3-mini-high, o4-mini, o4-mini-high, and o3-pro, each of which was souped up with a bespoke combination of post-training techniques.
—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
There’s owner Joe Ghattas, a former car dealer who over 10 years turned a side hustle souping up Jeeps into a multimillion-dollar business headquartered in a $10.7 million plant near the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Powerline Road.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
While the original game was a simple, souped up demolition derby, this adaptation has expanded it into an anarchic trek across America with some Deadpool and Zombieland flourishes from Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 19 May 2025
Naturally, Sucker Punch Productions immediately broke ground on a remaster, souping up Tsushima’s incredible landscapes into uncharted tiers of fidelity for the new hardware.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
Read on to learn exactly how to soup up that morning shot.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2025
The series chronicled Sparks, Kiley, Hoskins, and Stuart repairing and souping up pickup trucks.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Roku 65-inch Pro Series TV for $600 ($200 off): Roku souped up its Pro Series for 2025, adding even better brightness and contrast to the world’s simplest interface.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 8 Oct. 2025
Soon the company had unveiled o3-mini, o3-mini-high, o4-mini, o4-mini-high, and o3-pro, each of which was souped up with a bespoke combination of post-training techniques.
—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
There’s owner Joe Ghattas, a former car dealer who over 10 years turned a side hustle souping up Jeeps into a multimillion-dollar business headquartered in a $10.7 million plant near the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Powerline Road.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
While the original game was a simple, souped up demolition derby, this adaptation has expanded it into an anarchic trek across America with some Deadpool and Zombieland flourishes from Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 19 May 2025
Naturally, Sucker Punch Productions immediately broke ground on a remaster, souping up Tsushima’s incredible landscapes into uncharted tiers of fidelity for the new hardware.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soup up
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Like the pharaohs and emperors of antiquity, the president weaponizes the past to justify his present actions and future plans, omitting and embellishing events of yesteryear to fit a bellicose agenda.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Robbie's custom Chanel creation included a corseted bodice and a floor-length velvet skirt embellished with feathers and silk petals, which was draped over ivory silk faille.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
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Maye’s numbers improved somewhat in the second half but not nearly enough to prevent the Seahawks from claiming a 29-13 victory.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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However, the ability to choose an educational environment that truly fits our child has not only improved their academic performance, but also their overall happiness and outlook on life.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Those kinds of intimate connections — along with their incredible skills, trick shots and fun-loving theatrics — have helped the Globetrotters prevail as a cultural staple for the past century.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Heathcliff has tricked Edgar’s sister, Isabella, into marrying him by pretending to love her.—
Becky Little,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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There’s a ballooning opportunity globally for developers to tap into this market and ameliorate that disconnect.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2026
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Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols proposed a $105 million private trust, called Road to Repair, aimed at ameliorating the long-term damage of the massacre through scholarships, housing, and general reinvestment in Tulsa’s Greenwood district.—
Caleb Gayle,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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