Example Sentences

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Both the U.K. and eurozone are net energy importers, and therefore susceptible to large rises in oil and natural-gas prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

Employees who face higher living costs are more likely to push for pay rises.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

The advance-decline line rises when the number of stocks climbing on a given day increases.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

Intel rises after the company says it’s making progress on its next generation chip-manufacturing technology.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

My own head filled with memories of footpaths, burrows, bushes, and faint rises I’d grown to know on the prairie, faint reminders of our old home.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye