Thesaurus results for CRIED UP

cried up

verb

past tense of cry up

as in announced

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively in exchange for his hefty endorsement fee, the basketball player is expected to cry up that brand of sneaker at every opportunity

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In May, Uthmeier joined Justice Department officials at the Miami Freedom Tower when the federal government announced its arrest warrant and charges.

— Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Richardson also announced the company plans to bring online two more rocket recovery vessels to join its existing ship, Jacklyn, named after Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos’ mother.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

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The crowd cracked up in grim commiseration (as a Mets fan, Winter could probably sympathize).

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The movie once again has personal connections for Gray, an intense drama centering on family and two brothers who get involved in a scheme that sounds promising but of course is not all it is cracked up to be.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

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Over the past four decades, Harrison has carved out a stellar career across a number of literary forms, and has been acclaimed by such writers as Angela Carter, Deborah Levy, and Iain Banks.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Yet its most acclaimed, and valuable, such set imagined a fictional conflict.

— Bob Woods, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026

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Charms on a bracelet sold through TikTok Shop, also advertised as sterling silver, contained about 33% cadmium, roughly 3,300 times the limit, according to trade publication JCK’s summary of the report.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Competition for the lottery is cutthroat, with more than 7 million applications submitted on the Housing Connect portal in 2025 for the 13,000 units advertised.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2026

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