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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wells (up)
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Gore settled in afterward, gave up no runs over his next three innings and finished the game giving up three runs off six hits in six innings of work with nine strikeouts.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026 -
Opposite Schlittler, Ray ended his first start of the year with a loss after allowing two runs over 5 1/3 innings.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Coffee spills from this morning.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2026
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Out spills a bunch of colorful Pikmin, the plant-like creatures from Nintendo's line of real-time strategy and puzzle video games of the same name.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Wells (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wells%20%28up%29. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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