lift
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The stock fell 3.2% in the session following the announcement despite a 3.5% lift in annual underlying earnings that Harris points out was in line with expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
It says she met Bonnie, who was "extremely kind" and she helped lift her spirits.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“This proceeding was a heavy lift for everyone,” Commissioner Darcie L. Houck acknowledged during Thursday’s hearing, which was held in San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The key short-term counter measure he announced was to temporarily lift a ban on truck transports on Sundays and public holidays to help ease cargo bottlenecks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
“You lurked around, hopin’ to lift Tansy out of the ditch just like you grabbed the snake out of the drawer, where you put it.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
—Bitcoin fell as an ongoing stalemate in the U.S.-Iran conflict lifts oil prices and reduces demand for risky assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It’s … come to life, die, come back to life, and died. Now our whole discography seems to be in a ‘high tide lifts all ships’ moment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Trump boarded the presidential jet in full view of video cameras and photographers, with AFP pictures showing two supply containers on hydraulic lifts at the front and rear of the aircraft.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
A higher sustainable growth rate lifts the economy’s equilibrium interest rate, or what’s known as R*.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Father lifts the Torah onto his shoulder, preparing to carry it on our long journey to Valencia, the city where we plan to board a ship to Naples.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Aneurin Donald blitzed 38 off 19 before quickfire cameos of 20 from Mitch Santner and 32 from Lewis Gregory lifted the Rockets to 158-8.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Carriers fit two to four vehicles inside a container, which is lifted by crane onto a ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Puzzled, Gatwood lifted the big block and flipped it over to reveal it was a very large bust of a woman, weighing about 150 pounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
On the back of Applied Materials’ results, JPMorgan lifted its price target from $515 to $660 for the coming year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The nurse lifted her gently onto the back of a truck.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Nicholas Bednar and Max Sarinsky, came up with a few solutions that Congress could legislate without violating Slaughter, and I do think it’s worth lifting those up.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Jefferies maintained its price target of $770 for the stock for 2027, after lifting that target from $510 at the end of June.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
He says he’s squatting more than 500 pounds and lifting 110-pound dumbbells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The good news is that we figured out how to edit the code of life with Crispr and tamed sickle-cell disease and hepatitis C. We did the scientific heavy lifting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Watch this,” Eisenhower said, lifting a phone on his desk.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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