levering

present participle of lever
as in prying
to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever the workers used crowbars to lever the heavy stone block into its new position

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  • Goldy still has one of those markers - excessive pulling - sitting unused in front of him.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The Thunder trailed by 16 in the first half before pulling within 52-48 at halftime.
    Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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  • London time, lifting the company to the top of the Stoxx 600 index.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Palantir Technologies jumped 24% and was one of the strongest forces lifting the S&P 500 after reporting a better profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Levering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levering. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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