lifting

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Yet not every stock got hurt: Health insurers, banks and retailers did the heavy lifting that megacap tech names usually handle.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026

The update sent shares in the company up by as much as 25% in early trading on Friday, lifting its market value to around £2bn.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Of course, there’s a big difference between being at a logjam atop the leaderboard on Friday and lifting the Harton S. Semple Trophy on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Morgan Stanley separately raised its estimates for other health insurers, compounding the positive buzz around UnitedHealth and lifting the entire sector.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

As hurtful as those comments were, what made things worse was that as she said them, Magic was lifting up C.C.’s wings and looking under them.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el