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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A little way further on; up the way.
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“He was waived by the Lions prior to the 2009 season and picked upby the Philadelphia Eagles, who then waived him last December.”
The Washington Post: Redskins acquire Ramzee Robinson off waivers from Browns
“You follow that upby asserting that the question was not about the 'spirit of leadership' and being 'willing”
“The postwar modelwas based on corporatism & the primacy of the financial aristocracy, backed upby a monstrous military machine.”
It's Still American Hope Vs. Fear, Even in David Brooks' Worst Case Scenario
“Stephenintroduces one more proof to our understanding that the state of Israel is nothing but a huge military baseset upby Western powers in the Middle East in order to create chaos and to destabilize the entire region for hegemonic purposes ..”
A Short History of the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict: Past Is Prologue
“His amazingly insightful additions to the debate can be pretty much summed upby:”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Blogging Pseudonym Bites the Dust:
“Rory was no doubt hoping that the massive tool would be picked upby Google's cameras.”
“It did not strike them as ironic in the least that they denounce kids getting savagely beaten upby clerics, while supporting the legality of a procedure which involves stabbing a half-born late-term baby in the head and sucking his brains out.”
Canadian Feminist Comments on Partial Birth Abortion-- Denies There Is a Debate on Abortion
“The aqueducts having been broken upby the enemy, the besieged inhabitants dipped their buckets in the polluted waters of the Moselle.”
“Okaka was unfortunate not to get much of a touch on Duff's free-kickwith a toe-poke from close range but the same could not be said whenthe Roma loanee sent a header wide from two yards after being teed upby Greening.”
“The England and Manchester United talisman and wife Coleen are theprize clients along with retired undefeated boxer Joe Calzaghe of newmanagement agency Synergy Sports and Entertainment Group, being set upby Freddy Shepherd and Paul Stretford.”
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