to bring (something volatile or intense) into being
a proposal to cover the library's red brick with vinyl siding raised a mighty ruckus with those favoring historical preservation
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Recent Examples of raised
Adjective
Like the full flagships, the FE is getting a raised camera bump similar to what’s been installed on the Galaxy Z Fold series for a couple of generations now.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Verb
That sentiment illustrates a central tension raised by many of the actors who shared their stories with CNN.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2026 Rights groups have raised concerns about the treatment of migrants and asylum seekers in Tunisia since the EU agreement, including reports of collective expulsions, racial violence, arbitrary detention and abuses against Black migrants.—ABC News,
22 Aug. 2026 In Florida’s Democratic Senate primary, Nixon had raised under $1 million and spent just $50,000 on digital ads.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2026 When Airbnb moved an earlier cohort of hosts to the new structure last year, about 30% raised prices enough to fully offset the higher fee and another 30% partially offset it, according to an analysis by short-term rental data firm AirDNA.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2026 Localisation and European certification The transition to Chinese components has raised questions about whether design changes could affect the C919’s effort to obtain safety certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Aug. 2026 The promoters also raised ticket prices 15 to 20 percent for the Sprint-format finale.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2026 As of early Friday afternoon, the GoFundMe had raised $8,000 of a $7,500 goal.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
22 Aug. 2026 Preston and Natalie were homeschooled and raised in a strain of evangelicalism.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2026
Stocks of exchanges like CME Group and CBOE Global Markets fell in early June on the heels of the approval of domestic perps, on worries that the asset could create increased competition for existing players with traditional futures contracts.
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Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
18 Aug. 2026
Since then, multiple studies have found no increased risk of miscarriage or other pregnancy complications after COVID-19 vaccination.
The state has also taken corrective action on debt and paid down $10 billion in long standing pension debt, which had accumulated for several decades dating back to the 1940’s.
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Kevin McNabola,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2026
Broadway producers traditionally gauge audience reaction by warm applause at the end of Act 1 or a standing ovation during curtain call.
Fears of future economic and supply chain weaponization have fostered a growing estrangement between the two countries, feeding a broader hostility that empowers more aggressive voices on both sides of the Pacific.
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GLORIA XIONG,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Aug. 2026
In the high-stakes case unfolding in Meta's home state of California, 29 attorneys general joined in a unified lawsuit alleging that Meta fostered addictive behavior in teens and children.
The comment at a rally last Sunday titillated, provoked and enraged different audiences simultaneously, all but guaranteeing saturation news coverage and even more attention.
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Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2026
The incidents had provoked international scrutiny of the country’s assault on Gaza.
Anthropic’s announcement elicited panic among some enthusiastic Claude adopters, who expressed concern about what a label on AI use might signal about them.
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Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
20 Aug. 2026
The same driver mutation, when introduced into different genetic backgrounds, elicited different responses in the circuits that govern whether a cell keeps dividing, specializes, becomes inflamed or dies.
By 1950, the city had erected a colossal arena (significantly over budget, forcing the city to dip into its special projects fund) with 12,500 east-facing seats, the Press-Telegram reported.
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Kate Raphael,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Aug. 2026
The team is analyzing microplastics painstakingly collected from plants, rocks, water samples and sticky traps erected along the shoreline.
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Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2026
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