lifted

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What’s more, fuel switches have to be physically lifted over a gate to change positions.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Local shopkeepers can only watch and wait and see how long it will take before the restrictions are lifted.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

And when Wembanyama lifted off to attempt the would-be buzzer-beater that could have become the signature highlight of his career, the Knicks had something almost no other team can claim: an answer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

I can think of one case where a senior civilian in the Pentagon manipulated the promotion process to make sure that certain colonels were lifted to the rank of general.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Leah told of beds lifted, “entirely from the floor, almost to the ceiling.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock