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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of sum.

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Examples

  • Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin summed up the significance of the Russia-China pipeline at a ceremony last month marking the completion of the 2,100-kilometer Russian section.

    Pipeline Heralds New Russia-China Cooperation Jeremy Page 2010

  • They were both ejected from the game, and coach Mike Tomlin summed up how most fans felt about it succinctly: "Dumb."

    Jill Baughman: Steelers vs. Giants: 4 QBs, 3 TDs, and 2 Ejections Jill Baughman 2010

  • In a comment made on my Frontline Club post, Al Jazeera English's Matthew Collin summed up the mood outside the courtroom.

    Global Voices in English » Azerbaijan: Adnan Hajizade, Emin Milli appeal rejected 2009

  • This means different things to different audiences, of course, but I think Mark Twain summed it up best when he said, Always do right.

    Results, Vision and Values: How CEOs Build Corporate Reputation 2004

  • He had made a number of scrolls, all with the same character, and had given them to the people he had known well, explaining that the word summed up his total experience of the life he was about to finish.

    The Japanese Corpse Van de Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- 1977

  • And yet, if only -- The phrase summed up every atom of regret for his mad decision, his falling in with that idiotic plan of Nicholas's.

    Antony Gray,—Gardener Leslie Moore

  • He paused, sighed, and in a phrase summed up and crystallized the whole philosophy of the medical quack: "Life's a cut-throat game, anyway."

    The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

  • The name summed him up and labelled him correctly -- John Enderby Jones.

    Four Weird Tales Algernon Blackwood 1910

  • "The concept of the name came from watching my own children spin around in circles until they got dizzy," says Parkinson, adding, "I also thought that the title summed up having children and balancing a family."

    Kootenay Rockies - News Webpapers Admin 2010

  • Literally and figuratively the phrase summed up an entire society whom of which had been shocked into carelessness by a brutal war where good deeds and honorable values couldn't save you from death.

    The Battalion 2009

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