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Recent Examples of upwardlyIn recent years, Wrexham’s historic home has struggled to keep pace with Parkinson’s upwardly mobile team.—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
That takes us to the duo of Victor Wembanyama and Luka Dončić, both of whom were lights out in their season openers after an offseason where each already seemed on a trajectory pointed upward.
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John Hollinger,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic’s steep terrain will force air upward, wringing out more moisture from the storm, just like squeezing a wet sponge, turning tropical humidity into torrents racing downhill.
Farther up, on Observatory Hill, tall cryptomeria trees were silhouetted in the darkening evening, and down in the valleys, lights winked on like reflections of the planets and stars appearing in the sky.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
The median luxury home, or a home in the top 5% price bracket, sold for $1,054,338 in the first half of 2025, up from just over $700,000 in 2020.
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