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
The GoFundMe, which was started to cover funeral costs, counseling and other support for the family, has raised a little over $23,000.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
2 Oct. 2026 OpenAI raised $122 billion in a single round this year and Anthropic $65 billion, totals which no Chinese company can match.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2026 The Policy Analysis Market (PAM) designed by Polk’s research firm, Net Exchange, for DARPA’s Information Awareness Office was one of many answers to questions raised about the effectiveness of US intelligence following 9/11.—
Simon Denny,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2026 The treatment effect of AMT-130 seems to have waned from year three to four, for reasons that don’t alarm UniQure but that have raised some outside questions about the therapy’s durability.—
Adam Feuerstein,
STAT,
1 Oct. 2026 The organization has release 21 compilations and raised over $10 million since; its subsequent television special on ABC became one of the first major AIDS benefits in the music business.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Oct. 2026 Bear 620 was raised with her cousin, Bear #690 (Bean), who won the Fat Bear Week Junior competition in 2022.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
25 Sep. 2026 Other organizations have also raised concerns about the budget loss, including the Florida Hospital Association and various Florida children’s services councils.—
Romy Ellenbogen Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2026 An investigation into Students for Justice in Palestine was prompted by reports by several groups who raised concerns about the organization’s solicitation efforts in Missouri, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said in a news release.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
24 Sep. 2026
Although the majority of studies showed this effect, Yendamuri noted that some did not identify a relationship – and a couple of studies even showed an increased risk of some specific cancers, such as thyroid cancer.
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Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
25 Sep. 2026
The Treasury Department said the increased size of buybacks aims to provide support and help bond markets function smoothly.
Diesel prices could remain elevated for a year, according to a new survey of oil and gas executives.
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Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2026
That could bring some elevated humidity and a small chance of thunderstorms and cloud coverage in mountainous areas, but not enough to significantly lower temperatures across the region.
Crucially, structures have matured past equity into standing credit facilities.
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Chris Koras,
Sportico.com,
28 Sep. 2026
The 43-year-old right-hander, a 10-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young Award winner over 21 major league seasons, left the field for the final time, holding his daughter's hand, as the Comerica Park crowd gave him a standing ovation.
Scenes look lifted from a storybook — over the years Descanso’s La Cañada Flintridge grounds have featured a horse and buggy with a pumpkin at the helm, a pumpkin sea monster and a larger-than-life multicolored Día de los Muertos ofrenda.
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Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Oct. 2026
New York Sports Betting Laws and Timeline After the US Supreme Court lifted the federal ban on sports betting, New York opened the first retail locations in July 2019.
Or at least had an active Tumblr account in the 2010s — where Durham’s intimate behind-the-scenes photographs of Coppola’s third feature film had fostered a cult audience.
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Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2026
This was fostered largely by organizations such as the Knights of Columbus—a Roman Catholic fraternal organization founded by an Irish American priest—that embraced Italian Catholic immigrants and lobbied Congress for a federal Columbus Day.
Even in a country with one of the highest murder rates in the world, the scale of the killings in such a short space of time has provoked shock.
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Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2026
Ayer came on board the film after reading Cameron Alexander’s script, which provoked such a strong emotional response that the director couldn’t resist taking the material on.
One thing that might bring an economic boost is to ease some of the trade barriers erected by Brexit.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Sep. 2026
Back in August, the singer’s team erected a pop-up merch shop on the same quiet downtown block that houses Slotnick’s cookbook store, which has been in business for 30 years.
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