Example Sentences

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Simultaneously, immigration services were ramping up the pressure.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

In an interview near the parking lot with Fox News, Bovino indicated at the time that his operations were ramping up, not slowing down.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025

The order sent hundreds of female workers home just as winter aid efforts were ramping up.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023

This is relevant considering that last flu season, the flu was still spreading in March, April and even June in some U.S. regions, perhaps because people were ramping up travel and loosening COVID-19 restrictions.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Dimly he became aware of the violent bawlings of a brace of news-vendors who were ramping through the street, one on either sidewalk.

From The Destroying Angel by Vance, Louis Joseph