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 raises
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In either case, raises will be in place for the first check teachers receive for the new school year.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
7 July 2026 At present, the union is pushing for 11% raises each year for three years — a proposal that the CSU has not yet responded to.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026 Nvidia, Oracle, Alphabet and Meta have also announced debt raises and issued stock in recent months.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
7 July 2026 But a lengthy rollout raises questions about whether the model can become a scalable solution to the state’s housing crisis — the sale comes more than two years after the state made such transactions possible.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
7 July 2026 This close work between the private entity – usually Google – and law enforcement throughout the geofence warrant process raises significant privacy and civil liberties concerns.—
Anne Toomey McKenna,
The Conversation,
30 June 2026 The funding will also support continued commercialization of the millimeter-wave drilling system as Quaise raises additional project-level equity and debt financing.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 July 2026 Whether the Intercontinental Exchange, where Arabica coffee futures trade, raises its margin requirements, forcing futures traders to post more cash to maintain their positions.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2026 Fuller, who is represented by attorneys Geoffrey Tabor and Timothy O’Reilly, raises antitrust and breach of contract claims that have become familiar in college athlete litigation.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 July 2026
Noun
But if the raises continue at a frenetic pace, today’s fractional yields can be tomorrow’s fat paychecks.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026 The $904 million budget for the general fund includes 5% pay raises for all teachers, as well as 2% pay raises for non-teachers.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026 But Young’s new four-year deal instead features 5 percent year-over-year raises, the maximum year-over-year raise that any other team could have offered Young as a non-Bird free agent.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
22 June 2026 So the scientists’ 2026 raises were contingent on lawmakers’ approval in the latest budget negotiations.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026 After a yearlong wait for a new state budget, the North Carolina General Assembly finalized details on the $34 billion plan this week, including raises for thousands of state employees.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
2 July 2026 That is the takeaway for original stars of Paramount+’s flagship series Landman who have successfully negotiated significant raises heading into Season 3, Deadline has learned.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
30 June 2026 If Wiggins opts out — which is believed to be the Heat’s preference — and signs a three-year deal beginning at less money (say, $20 million, with annual raises), the Heat’s room under the apron could swell to from $19 million to as much as $29 million.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026 Workers represented by Unite Here 274 at the Sheraton Downtown on 17th Street near Race Street and the hotel have reached a tentative agreement that includes pay raises, pension increases and more.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
One where technology protects, connects, and lifts people up.
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Alain Berset,
Time,
6 July 2026
Bovary is in some sense a morality tale, but what lifts it above didacticism, along with its bone-deep interiority, is that its romantic plotlines are as addictive as the genre works that have ruined poor Emma Bovary.
Given those 3,460 acres and the New Zealand government’s priority agenda to preserve and protect the nation’s indigenous cultures and landscape, this is a proposition that fosters opportunity without endangerment.
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Nielsen Dinwoodie,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
Still, what an enviable thing to toil in a righteous cause, and to act with such certainty that humane education fosters freedom.
The university erects a study tent inside K-Ville with desks and power strips to charge laptops and phones.
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David Ubben,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
This approach still erects a financial barrier for the hundreds of thousands of San Diego County residents who have supported Balboa Park institutions for generations.
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Judy Gradwohl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
Airport officials say the new design increases the distance between the terminal and the nearest runway, currently as little as 257 feet, soon to be about 880 feet, bringing the airport into compliance with FAA standards.
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Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2026
Firejet production also increases Beyond collaborative combat aircraft, the expansion will increase production of Kratos’ Firejet family of aerial target systems.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 July 2026
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