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raise a few



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When his engineers suggested they could skip ahead to a power plant reactor, Binderbauer suddenly found he needed to raise a few billion dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

"The fact it's spread for free ought to raise a few eyebrows," Richard Smallwood, a local beef and sheep farmer who doesn't use sewage sludge, tells me.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

Beyond flawed reporting, AI-written stories raise a few practical and ethical questions that journalists are only beginning to ponder.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2023

The fact that Amazon is now a Peloton partner does raise a few eyebrows.

From The Verge • Aug. 24, 2022

They are fine young men, indeed, and if Massachusetts can raise a few more such, it is probable she would be better counselled as to social rights and social duties.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson