as in rose
to move or extend upward
at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you
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Palmerston, the black and white feline who rose from the streets of London to the hallowed halls of Britain’s Foreign Office, has died in Bermuda, London’s foreign ministry said Monday.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026 -
But Duvall rose to prominence the next decade, first as the ornery Major Frank Burns in the 1970 antiwar comedy M*A*S*H, reuniting with Robert Altman, who’d previously cast him in 1967’s Countdown.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
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Winters dropped below zero; summers climbed past 100 degrees.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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After Phillips 66 shuttered its Los Angeles refinery in October, gasoline imports climbed in 2025 to the highest level since at least 2016, Vortexa data show.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Casey Fraser, Kevin Goldfinger, Jonathan Granville, Joy Jiu, Katherine McConnell and Chris Meyer all ascended as part of the Friday move.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Benge has ascended quickly because of his ability to make adjustments.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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During the 1980-90 decade, for example, the state’s population soared by about 6 million people, a nearly 25% gain, thanks to high levels of immigration and a lofty birth rate.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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Temperatures soared roughly 20 degrees above normal for February across valleys and typically cooler coastal areas.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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An eight-hour lockdown on campus was lifted Friday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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SpaceX launches Crew-12 astronauts With a blinding light, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on time from Space Launch Complex 40 to carry the four Crew-12 astronauts toward the International Space Station.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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The rotor uses two neodymium magnets mounted opposite each other across an axle.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Aggies comeback was mounted against freshman Marina Mason, who gave up three hits and two runs while stirking out two over 1⅔ innings.—
American-Statesman staff,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Upturned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upturned. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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