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ramp

[ramp] / ræmp /


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Phoebe said she was assured a ramp and assistance would be waiting, but on arrival was told she was in a carriage beyond the platform, leaving her unable to get off.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Despite this, Phoebe was not told the carriage she was directed to would stop beyond the platform, leaving her unable to use a ramp to get off.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

However, Treiber says that Xanadu offers a “unique exposure to photonics-based quantum computing” as the company and sector ramp up to “quantum monetization” in 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

At the top of a large ramp, Ali emerged out of the dark night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

I turn around to see the smallest ghost shrimp standing hunch-shouldered at the top of the ramp.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

While El Nino ramps up weather conditions in some parts, it produces a vacuum in others.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Young people took turns on the ramps outside Neighbors Skate Shop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The moves mark an expansion of Costco’s fast-delivery network, as the membership warehouse retailer ramps up its e-commerce offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

In a separate note to clients, Morgan Stanley analyst Ravi Shanker warned that while autonomous trucking is “more real than ever,” it’s also still just a “promise” until commercial production ramps up in 2027.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

A worker directs us onto one of the ramps, and we pull up and squeeze in close to the car in front of us.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

The district concurrently ramped up student support through the Black Student Achievement Plan and other efforts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The spike in crude prices has ramped up inflation worries and put pressure on central banks to hike interest rates.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

With recent purchasing managers’ surveys revealing unexpectedly strong U.S. private-sector activity, investors have ramped up their expectations that the Fed could raise rates again next month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

—California Gov. Gavin Newsom after issuing an executive order that ramped up the state’s oversight of AI and its safety and security risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Without fanfare, work on the Bevatron was halted and ramped up instead on the Materials Testing Accelerator, or MTA, as the new machine was inelegantly dubbed.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Fundamental support for those stocks is broadening out, with manufacturing backlogs ramping up across machinery, fabricated metals and other categories, and manufacturing data showing a buildup in orders, strategists said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Taiwan's Defence Minister Wellington Koo said previously it would be "challenging" for all the F-16Vs to be delivered this year, despite Lockheed Martin ramping up production.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Raman says she’s running to make L.A. “a city that works,” improving basic services while also ramping up housing production and helping revive the entertainment industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Huawei Technologies is ramping up development of alternatives to Nvidia’s artificial-intelligence computing systems to reduce reliance on U.S. tech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

He was ramping up and down in his cage, coughing, and blowing his nose, and spluttering with rage.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers




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