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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Verb
Panthea takes the opportunity to bring Amanda her purse and try to bury the hatchet and, strangely, this is the only moment that Amanda really raises her voice.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
19 Aug. 2026 Misperception of these operations raises potential risk to both the United States and participants in the Program.—
Jill Goldenziel,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2026 The lawsuit also raises questions about possible communication between Labat, Sheriff's Office employees and Brown's estranged husband, Darian Morgan.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
18 Aug. 2026 Those executive raises ranged from 5% to 20%, making the base salaries of nearly half of the 22 campus presidents more than $500,000 annually.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
18 Aug. 2026 The Met Gala is an exclusive annual fundraiser that raises money for the Anna Wintour Costume Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
11 Aug. 2026 Delivering medicine raises the stakes because patients may rely on the package for their care.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Aug. 2026 Washington raises the stakes Across Latin America, right-leaning political candidates have gained ground by putting public order at the center of their campaigns.—
Robert Muggah,
The Conversation,
10 Aug. 2026 Hosted by the Piatt Family Foundation, Rock, Reggae & Relief raises money each year for a local organization.—
Gabby Sartori,
USA Today,
10 Aug. 2026
Noun
My salary has been compressed by decades of raises well below inflation and stagnant institutional pay scales.—
Francisco Ruiz,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2026 Nick Schroeder, an analyst with the Legislative Analyst’s Office, said the Department of Finance didn’t include the raises in the budget nor give direct notice of its absence, saying the only indication of unfunded raises was the omission itself.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
12 Aug. 2026 Tough year Slim raises are not a one-time quirk for local workers.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
10 Aug. 2026 Next summer, Kirill Marchenko, Denton Mateychuk, Johnson and Voronkov will also be RFAs in line for significant raises.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
4 Aug. 2026 There are plenty of reasons why an actor might agree to take less money, from helping their costars get raises and reducing production costs to ensuring that the crew gets fed.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 July 2026 Automate contributions and schedule small increases after raises or at regular intervals.—
Kristin Vance Richards,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2026 The budget also adds a thousand special education staff members, keeps individual school budgets flat, and includes $143 million in raises.—
Lauren Victory,
CBS News,
30 July 2026 If policymakers hike, Warsh will have to provide a window into their outlook in order to stop markets from reacting in anticipation of a series of raises that may never come.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
29 July 2026
Gun rights groups are celebrating a federal ruling that lifts restrictions on the purchase of silencers, used to lessen the sound of gunshots, and certain firearms.
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Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
17 Aug. 2026
Every time a gear turns, a pump lifts water, or a road survives difficult terrain, part of that ancient engineering legacy continues to work.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Aug. 2026
Researchers say the practice elicits a stronger response from the parasympathetic nervous system, the network of nerves that helps the body relax after stress.
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Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Aug. 2026
Bedward elicits commentary from latter-day scholars, historians, and Vodou priests.
Leaders should ask whether a new location grows the customer base, deepens existing relationships, or increases purchase frequency or spending enough to offset channel substitution.
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Ayşe Çetinel,
Harvard Business Review,
18 Aug. 2026
But the price of doing so is constantly rising, as technology increases the range and magnitude of horrible possibilities.
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