Example Sentences

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James had been ramping up his activity recently, even warming up with the team before recent games.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

Officials also warned that recruitment had been ramping up recently.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2022

Netflix had been ramping up its staff during the pandemic, as consumers joined the streaming service in droves as they sought to ways to entertain themselves at home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2022

The event had been initially seen as a tourism windfall for Japan, which in recent years had been ramping up efforts to draw more international tourists to help kickstart a moribund domestic economy.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2021

Doctor Hoff, who had been ramping with impatience over the man's lack of definite memory, now rushed to the atlas and began to study the maps.

From Average Jones by Adams, Samuel Hopkins