soup up

Examples of soup up in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web But his passion for souping up classic cars would also eventually take a professional turn. Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024 Hurricane Milton, like Hurricane Helene before it, is souped up on hot water in the Gulf of Mexico. Justine Calma, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024 Elordi, who was announced as a brand ambassador in May, chose a tomato-colored Andiamo carry-all to soup up his speckled cardi and white basics for the presentation. Alice Newbold, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2024 Gather ’round this souped up conversation set, which comes with four armchairs, two loveseats, and two coffee tables. Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 14 Aug. 2024 How is his Dodge Ram souped up with state-of-the-art technology? Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024 The surreal joke of seeing a purple monster stroll through a homeless encampment or a Studio 60–esque nightclub becomes less interesting the more Eric relies on it to soup up an otherwise leaden story. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024 At this point, both Samsung and Apple are looking to AI as a way to soup up their mobile devices and wearables. Adriana Lee, WWD, 15 July 2024 Not that the track is the Sport Classic's natural home—this souped up 911 trades ultimate performance and ground-hugging downforce for daily driver usability and a performance envelope that's a little more accessible to those of us who aren't employed as Porsche factory racing drivers. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soup up
Verb
  • The collection, which will launch on Oct. 29, will include some of the brand’s most popular men’s and women’s products including the Scuba Hoodie, Define Jacket, Align Pant, Steady State Crew, Metal Vent Tee and Everywhere Belt Bag embellished with team logos.
    Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Its sheer, gauzy over-layer is embellished with black beaded floral motifs on the body and fringes that hung from the sleeves.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The Clippers, who improve to 2-1, had two players record double-doubles – James Harden had 23 points and 11 assists, while Ivica Zubac had 23 points and 18 rebounds.
    Matias Grez, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Cybercriminals relentlessly launch phishing attacks at employees, trying to coax or trick them into providing their personal information and credentials.
    Ilia Sotnikov, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Caution using them to judge individual pieces of writing and artwork is warranted, especially with a new wave of tools available to trick them.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The CrowdStrike outage has caused cascading failures across multiple industries, with myriad airlines issuing ground stops, broadcast networks going off-air and critical services rushing to ameliorate the damage.
    Rohan Goswami,Ashley Capoot,Ruxandra Iordache,Jenni Reid,Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 19 July 2024
  • Experts in the industry are starting to realize that China’s advantage in energy and land could help ameliorate China’s lag in chip development.
    Grace Shao, Fortune Asia, 10 Oct. 2024

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“Soup up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soup%20up. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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