ratchet
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Major indexes have continued to climb, even as rising bond yields around the world have started to ratchet up the pressure.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
That's the so-called "golden ratchet" that has allowed for increases in the grant, but prevented it going down.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
“To ratchet up the pressure,” his lawsuit says, the firm “froze his tokens,” meaning they could not be transferred to anyone.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
The brief “Target Practice” opens the LP with a jaunty acoustic guitar figure and Mr. Picton’s somewhat reedy voice, and then adds a string section and massed voices that ratchet up the density and volume.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Each wheel is attached to a ratchet system.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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