as in to sneak up
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That weakening in labor demand has started to show up elsewhere.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025 -
An old buddy of his was playing a show in Austin, and the scraggly-bearded Slavin, also a musician, showed up.—
Tyler Hicks,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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Yet a different guest appearance is filling snack-room chatter across Hollywood and media companies these days — the one where Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos turns up (at a urinal at the Golden Globes) on Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Apple TV+‘s The Studio.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
5 June 2025
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The subsequent search turned up 61 packages of methamphetamine, with a combined weight just over 7,700 pounds.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2025
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“Creep up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creep%20up. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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