How to Use rack up in a Sentence

rack up

verb
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  • The clip has since racked up 21 million views on her page.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
  • These days, not much has changed as Em is still racking up the wins.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 June 2024
  • Will the Hurricanes rack up more sacks and force a turnover?
    — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Over the last few weeks, the hashtag has racked up 34.3 million posts.
    — Sara Radin, Architectural Digest, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The table lamp has racked up dozens of five-star ratings.
    — Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Toss shells, stones, or small toys into the circles to rack up points.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The song’s racy video has already racked up 3.5 million views.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 18 July 2023
  • The Beavers racked up six sacks against San Diego State and held its rushing attack to 70 yards.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
  • From its premiere date in April, the series racked up 12.6M views through June.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024
  • On Spotify alone, the songs have racked up over 11 million streams over the last five days.
    — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 14 Aug. 2024
  • At the same time, Leeds has shown an ability to rack up chances against bad teams, even away from home.
    — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Also, even in the playoffs Philly has been able to rack up some high-scoring games.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Wynne posted a video, which racked up 3.5 million views.
    — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The latest from Stray Kids has now racked up 12 weeks on that tally, with seven of those spent on top.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • PCMag only looked through a dozen of the complaints to avoid racking up court fees.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The music video dropped the same day and has racked up over 5.2 million views at the time of publication (No. 7 for video).
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The drug has been used for decades, racking up a remarkably good safety record in that time.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
  • The job that tends to rack up the highest level of resignations?
    — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2022
  • So, buying new car seats over multiple ages and stages can rack up a cost.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Even flight attendants have put it to the test, and it’s racked up over 3,500 five-star ratings on Amazon.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Court, which launched in May of last year after years of delays and racking up a price tag of over $28 million.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
  • Trump’s campaign shared a video clip of the moment on X that racked up over 5 million views within hours.
    — Koh Ewe, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The Browns left points on the field again last week against the Chargers, but continued to rack up yards at a really high rate.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The first trailer racked up 215 million global cross-platform views in just a few days.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The Mets, meanwhile, played their best game of the series, racking up 14 hits without a strikeout.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The music video on YouTube has racked up over 13.98 million views at the time of publication.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Some experiences racked up wait times of more than four hours.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • With this new case, Easley has now racked up a felony police chase charge in each of the past three years, and all three cases remain pending.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • That’s the last day in the tracking week in most parts of the world, which means the tune only had one day in which to rack up streams and sales that would eventually send it to the Billboard charts.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • As Democrats have gained ground with them, the party has racked up a string of victories in low-turnout special elections and off-year contests.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024

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