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Recent Examples of soup up
Don't mix up this bright green soup up with its split pea cousin.
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Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 1 Apr. 2026
Portrait mode has also been souped up with artificial intelligence—AI segmentation helps detect the background, person, and sky to create a greater depth effect.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 25 Mar. 2026
Warm a batch of this creamy soup up on a chilly night and pop in a few biscuits to finish the meal.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
Under his meticulous care, the gleaming red sports car has been souped up to generate 400-horsepower turbo performance, but retains much of the original features and feel.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 7 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
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
Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 1 Apr. 2026
Portrait mode has also been souped up with artificial intelligence—AI segmentation helps detect the background, person, and sky to create a greater depth effect.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 25 Mar. 2026
Warm a batch of this creamy soup up on a chilly night and pop in a few biscuits to finish the meal.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
Under his meticulous care, the gleaming red sports car has been souped up to generate 400-horsepower turbo performance, but retains much of the original features and feel.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 7 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soup up
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Kelce made Swift's florals pop out with his Marni Slawn Cotton Camp Shirt, embellished with floral prints and patches from Marni's collaboration with artists Olaolu Slawn and Soldier Boyfriend.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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The gown was embellished with oversized yellow and white flower appliqués around the hips and waist and a flowing layered skirt in the same soft tones.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Fu also stressed that more work needs to be done to boost domestic demand, urging businesses to improve their offerings to attract consumers.—
Anniek Bao,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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The Sparks fell to 1-3 (tied with Seattle for last place in the Western Conference) while Toronto improved to 2-2.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Fortunately, unlike Deborah’s scheme to use Ava and pose as a lesbian couple to trick Burnett’s white jumpsuit off an old comedy rival (Cherry Jones), the problem wasn’t one of ownership, but of size.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
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An apparel site from FBI director Kash Patel has been spotted trying to trick macOS users into installing malware.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
21 May 2026
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Advertisement As for coping, the researchers found that younger people were much more likely to have plans to correct or ameliorate their regret than older people.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 May 2026
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The rescue of a single animal does not ameliorate any of these risks—and, if anything, convoluted efforts to save one whale might distract from the work of protecting a species and its habitat.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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