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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India’s voter list dispute raises election fairness concerns The protests center on India’s Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision, which the opposition says has disenfranchised millions of eligible voters.—
Sheikh Saaliq,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2026 Our hands-on preview at Gamescom 2026 also confirmed the protagonist isn’t Amanda Ripley, which instantly raises a number of questions.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
11 Oct. 2026 The attack raises the question of whether pilots should be able to lock cockpits from the inside, said Jason Burke in The Guardian – a measure introduced after 9/11 to prevent passenger hijackings.—
The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
10 Oct. 2026 This raises the likelihood for flash flooding in desert areas, which cannot rapidly absorb intense bursts of rainfall.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2026 These benchmarks reflect projected starting base salaries for new hires, not raises for existing employees.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2026 For the final lift, the company used a specialized strand-jacking system, which raises heavy structures using bundles of steel strands.—New Atlas,
9 Oct. 2026 The incident raises questions about the safeguards used when autonomous systems interact with publicly accessible websites, particularly those handling sensitive information.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2026 The organization, created in 1961 by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, receives no government funding, and raises money through private donations and sales of retail merchandise.—Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2026
Noun
The firefighters’ union sought raises of 10% in the first year, 8% in the second and 7% in the third, plus an additional 5% for paramedics.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2026 Law enforcement officers employed by the county have received pay raises.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Oct. 2026 Workers with the lowest salaries will receive larger raises, ranging from 5 to 23 percent in the first year.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
5 Oct. 2026 Entry-level employees in the museum store will be given raises of between 8 and 22 percent, as will security and facilities staff.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
2 Oct. 2026 In addition to the 10% ratification wage increase, the four-year contract includes annual raises of 4%, with an increase of up to 6% based on merit.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2026 Inflation has dominated conversations this year in business and households, and meager pay raises have made rising prices more painful for many.—
Matt Ott,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Sep. 2026 These raises were initially denied — along with all other proposals with budget implications.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2026 This plays a larger role than pay raises, which can be achieved without new funding or policies.—
Kellie Lauth,
Forbes.com,
21 Sep. 2026
King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.
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Laura Preston,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2026
Cody erects impenetrable emotional walls around him that deny him from asking for help and creating community.
Political tensions mounted Tuesday over the European Union’s next long-term budget as pressure builds to get the spending package agreed before a series of unpredictable elections in some of the biggest member countries next year.
If Skydance increases spending on content, that could push its competitors to also invest more, Laurent Yoon, senior analyst at the research and brokerage firm Bernstein, told me.
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Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Oct. 2026
Though this increases the X-Y dimensions, Apple worked closely with the system team to ensure the phones' internals could support this slightly larger package.
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