rake up

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Recent Examples of rake up The Shark is highly rated by Amazon shoppers as well, raking up more than 78,000 five-star reviews. Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024 To reduce food sources, rake up windfallen fruit and cover vulnerable vegetables with row covers. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2024 Safely rake up the leaves and gather the sticks and branches. Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2024 Be sure to rake up pine needles and leaves and take care to prune the lowest tree branches at least 6 feet high. Bryce Young Christopher Moran, WIRED, 20 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for rake up 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rake up
Verb
  • Madison kept to her usual: a light pink lip, smoked out eyeliner, and a flush of blush.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
  • In the standoff that follows, Two Moons proves invaluable in holding off Virgil’s men, who resort to attempting to smoke out their prey.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • At times, my inclination was to almost ignore the person during staff meetings rather than sit next to or acknowledge them.
    Kathleen Shanley, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau said the team will carefully monitor the injury but acknowledged playing through discomfort is part of the NBA grind.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Enterprising captains — including, Pujol confesses, his own grandfather, who owned a 38-foot lobster boat — would pick up migrants in Cuba and deliver them to waiting family members parked at the traffic circle.
    Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Usually owned by corporations, the birds stay long enough for contract farmers to fatten them up for slaughter.
    Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In Zubieta, Real Sociedad has one of the best academies in Spain and may unearth a replacement for Zubimendi, with bright sparks like Beñat Turrientes already coming through.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Their reporting not only unveiled the truth but unearthed a personal narrative.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Having only conceded three goals in their last nine games, and never more than once in a match, Newcastle’s previous solidity crumbled.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
  • And Netanyahu is forced to concede that the war is over, and is tethered to a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Enterprising captains — including, Pujol confesses, his own grandfather, who owned a 38-foot lobster boat — would pick up migrants in Cuba and deliver them to waiting family members parked at the traffic circle.
    Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • James Earl Ray, a 40-year-old escaped fugitive, later confessed to the crime and was sentenced to a 99-year prison term.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Fatal’s film, produced and co-written by Ali Meyers-Ohki, plays around with genres and has something important to impart.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The rind will soften and impart its flavor as the dish slowly cooks.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Among those who pleaded guilty, 172 admitted assaulting law enforcement, 130 admitted obstructing law enforcement during a riot and 69 admitted assaulting law enforcement with a dangerous or deadly weapon.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
  • When my friend developed abdominal pain and went to our nearby ER, he was diagnosed with appendicitis and admitted that same night for surgery.
    Renee Hsia, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025

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“Rake up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rake%20up. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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