as in stopped
to bring (something) to a standstill the driver fetched up the horse-drawn carriage in front of the church
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Recent Examples of fetched up Thieves have often targeted Picasso’s paintings, which have fetched up to $179 million at auction. —
Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
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To encompass the story, about a miracle from 847, when Pope Leo IV stopped a fire with a blessing, Raphael brings you into the fresco through the unshod feet of a woman in agony and leaves you near the very back, with a tiny and serene Leo IV.— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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If the game stopped at this point, Fermat’s method for dividing the pot would list all possible outcomes of those five coin flips and then tally the ones that amassed 10 points for each player.— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
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Soccer’s governing bodies have struggled for decades to eliminate racial abuse despite heavy fines, stadium closures, points deductions, halted matches and bans for both fans and players who break the rules.— Carlos Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Maybe that would have changed on this possession had Brown not uncharacteristically halted play as Brunson made his move to the paint.— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
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An effort to come up with a new mascot was undertaken in 2014 but ultimately stalled when the committee charged with choosing the winner could not decide between a fox or a lion, Pennington said.— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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After a brief pickup in transit attempts on Saturday, shipping traffic in the Gulf stalled once again, with vessels coming under fire mid-passage and being forced to withdraw.— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
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The barbed fact is that the woman caught in the middle of this unusual male arrangement benefits from none of their newfound emotional enlightenment.— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
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Being caught and released multiple times could lead to injury or death for the muskie.— Mike McFeely, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
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Over in Singapore’s Tuas industrial district, workers are assembling a giant floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit, part of the infrastructure that separates crude oil from what’s pulled up from offshore reservoirs.— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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The suspect merged into eastbound I-96 behind her, then accelerated to match her speed and pulled up bside her in the left center lane.— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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He gets arrested for shoplifting.— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
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The Riverside County Sheriff's Office arrested two teens for allegedly killing a 16-year-old last year.— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
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The changes, which were approved unanimously last month by commissioners, were brought up again during Tuesday’s City Commission meeting by Commissioner Melissa Castro, who was seeking to modify them after hearing from upset golfers.— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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Padman brought up how the whole cast was young and quickly became stars.— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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The companies, working with Oz Architecture, drew up plans for a 17-story tower with about 400 units.— Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
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Behind the scenes, her military reportedly drew up plans to blow up airfields in the event of an American invasion.— Nikhil Kumar, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Fetched up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/fetched%20up. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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