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Recent Examples of up-and-down
An up-and-down regular season doesn’t define No. 3 Wayland (12-8), considering injuries and the division’s toughest opponent rating.
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Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
This year was obviously an up-and-down year for me personally, and to come here and be surrounded by such quality human beings and getting a job done, that’s a turning point for me in my life.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Other notable names not on the squad include midfielder Yunus Musah, who had an up-and-down season for Milan, and Josh Sargent, who scored 15 goals for Norwich this season in the English Championship.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The Panthers stacked their offensive line depth chart by keeping Corbett, Mays and Christensen around this offseason, and Nijman — who had an up-and-down first season in Charlotte — was seemingly knocked down a peg in the Panthers’ plans.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025
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Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
This year was obviously an up-and-down year for me personally, and to come here and be surrounded by such quality human beings and getting a job done, that’s a turning point for me in my life.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Other notable names not on the squad include midfielder Yunus Musah, who had an up-and-down season for Milan, and Josh Sargent, who scored 15 goals for Norwich this season in the English Championship.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The Panthers stacked their offensive line depth chart by keeping Corbett, Mays and Christensen around this offseason, and Nijman — who had an up-and-down first season in Charlotte — was seemingly knocked down a peg in the Panthers’ plans.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for up-and-down
vertical
Adjective
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Trump also signed orders aimed at clearing the way for a new generation of supersonic jets in the United States, and to encourage the development of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft or eVTOLs, sometimes described as air taxis.—
Deepa Shivaram,
NPR,
6 June 2025
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The goal is to stay out of the NFC East's cellar, avoid catastrophe, and, hopefully, keep Russell Wilson and crew vertical.—
Geoffrey Knox,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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