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
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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
Multiple people familiar with the matter said the crown prince raised concerns about plans for potential strikes on Iran during the call.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
2 Aug. 2026 The union has also raised questions about Cázares' role as fiscal advisor, pointing to her previous work overseeing other financially troubled school districts and questioning her compensation.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
1 Aug. 2026 Pangram itself raised $9 million this week to expand its detection work.—
Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2026 The missing person’s report raised detectives’ suspicions and prompted an investigation that spanned eight months, Covelli said.—
Barbara Vitello,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2026 Apple raised prices on almost all its non-smartphone products earlier this year.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
1 Aug. 2026 He was born in Kansas City and raised in the small city of Emma, Missouri, located along Interstate 70, according to his profile on Ballotpedia.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
26 July 2026 Born and raised in Liberty City, Gunder has worked to aid Black communities with housing, provide hurricane relief, and assist low-income communities.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
25 July 2026 Dutch raised $20 million in early 2022 to scale the platform, in a round led by Forerunner Ventures.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
25 July 2026
Upon her return to Chase Center, Los Angeles Sparks guard Kate Martin receives a pregame tribute video and a standing ovation; Martin played one season for the Valkyries before being cut in training camp this year.
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Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
4 Aug. 2026
Iyo Sky received a standing ovation for the sunny crowd in Minnesota.
Despite Monroe’s death being ruled an overdose, mysterious circumstances surrounding her death have fostered conspiracy theories that foul play was involved.
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Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
4 Aug. 2026
Yet, the past five decades saw the dominance of 'shareholder value maximization,' an ideology now widely criticized as a short-sighted aberration that fostered short-termism.
But this latest barrage is both broader and more intense, largely because Ukraine’s recent successes, particularly inside Russia, have provoked Putin to try to reclaim battlefield momentum.
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Ian Bremmer,
Time,
31 July 2026
That bitter end came in extra time at the 2006 World Cup final, when Zidane, who had already said the game would be his last as a player at age 34, was provoked into headbutting opponent Marco Materazzi and got sent off.
Sometimes the trends are even more hyper-specific, like last year’s Pucci summer, in which influencers elicited envy while on Euro trips trapezing around in their retro prints.
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Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
30 July 2026
And the gentle, more continuous sounds of kayaking elicited little reaction, said Whitney Jones, who led and designed the study.
Spain erected a 1,600-foot sea barrier off Ceuta after tens of thousands of migrants stormed the frontier, a deadly rush that left at least 67 dead.
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Sergio Rodrigo Ruíz,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Aug. 2026
With the city hall's toilets out of order, officials erected emergency toilets over sewer manholes outside the building, in temperatures of around 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) and stifling humidity.
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