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
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