lifting

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Visible affects are evident from major events, such as last year's forest fires in Canada or storms in the Sahara lifting up dust and scattering it across Europe and the UK.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Asset management flows were healthy, lifting revenues and slicing the cost-income ratio, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Last year, Beijing restricted exports of certain rare earths before later lifting the measure.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Those could include lifting Iran-related sanctions on China, even as Xi holds back on demanding Trump put an end to the war, which is more than two months old.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

And lifting children quickly off his knees, he got up and hurried to the head of the stairs to greet the Kans.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom