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as in lifts
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
local restaurants jacked up their prices for the summer tourist season
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Another 103 matches – including six in Santa Clara – will be played until one of the 48 countries hoists the iconic gold trophy on July 19 in New Jersey.—
Laurence Miedema,
Mercury News,
7 June 2026 -
The hope is that all of the ugliness and worry will be forgotten during next month’s final, when the winning team hoists the World Cup trophy.—
Jonathan Lemire,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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The top lifts off and converts into a pendant.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Players can’t put pen to paper until the moratorium lifts just after noon on July 6.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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And so, in the constant tug-of-war between tradition and innovation, the latest design heaves toward history, meeting the future’s infrastructure needs in comfortingly familiar costume.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
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Some nights the crowd heaves outside Mắm and the feeling is catch as catch can, diners hunched on low plastic stools eating off only slightly taller plastic tables, on the sidewalk and in the street, even spilling over to a nearby empty storefront.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Encumbered by antlers up to four feet tall and forty pounds in weight, a bull raises its immense jaws, antlers tilted toward his spine, and races through the woods until reaching safer ground.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Bass has called for hiring more officers and defending her Inside Safe homelessness program, while Raman has criticized the cost of police raises, called for broader public-safety responses and argued that the city needs a more accountable and cost-effective homelessness system.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Fiji's wife, Jesni Sam, elevates her foot on a stool.—
Caroline Silva,
AJC.com,
6 June 2026
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The talented team elevates star ingredients like sunchoke, lion’s mane mushrooms, or wagyu beef in an open kitchen overseen by executive Chef Brandon Cunningham.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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“Jacks (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jacks%20%28up%29. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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