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"He's obviously received that positive news. So he's all up and about and full of energy at the moment," Carse said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
"If we can sort of not poke that bear and get him up and about, I think that will help the Australians enormously."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025
Recently, the more Seussian-sounding notion of the “hurkle-durkle,” a 19th-century Scottish term for lingering in bed when one should be up and about, has risen in popularity.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
It was unclear if Hyde was belted in her seat or up and about, in the cabin, of the jet owned by Conexon, based in Kansas City, Missouri.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Now she demanded to know everything that had happened, which of her friends were up and about, when there might be a sleighing party.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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