looking up

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Things have been looking up, with higher production and more stable financial results.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

It remains entirely conceivable that our mid-year forecast of the 4.5% area is very achievable, but for now we’re undeniably looking up in yield, and we remain in an overshoot tendency,” he said.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

He prays for her before each game, looking up to the sky while grasping his wife’s necklace, then kissing a ring that has her fingerprint tattooed on it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Things were looking up operationally, though, despite its second stint in bankruptcy court in a year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

And as I prayed, I thought about Mamá sitting outside looking up at that full moon, wondering where we were.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall