First recorded in 1945–50
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You can’t “control” a spontaneous gathering of thousands of hyped-up people in a park during a blizzard.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026
The terms of the agreement might seem purposely vague—a case of two hyped-up AI stocks teaming up on a task that no one really understands.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
Funny, in the week leading up to the hyped-up Harbaugh Bowl — the third iteration of the NFL’s only brother-to-brother matchup of head coaches — the Ravens coach had to heed his own advice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
Things went from bad to worse for the New York Jets and the Dallas Cowboys, with the Chicago Bears another hyped-up side struggling to keep their season alive.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
Princeton scrawls on something that looks like a hyped-up mouse pad and it shows up on Namitha’s screen.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
Although not much has been seen of the Roadster since its 2017 introduction, Tesla executives have repeatedly hyped up the car, which Musk has said is a collaboration with SpaceX, one of his other companies.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026
“He was very hyped up and agitated,” said Chamberlain, a Newport Beach resident who spends half the year in the bustling coastal town in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
Some derby games can be hyped up and then end up being disappointing, but I can't see this one letting anyone down.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
“Everyone was hyped up from the moment the lights went down” in the arena, she recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
All the stuff that does not work gets balled up and hyped up.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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