rising

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The airline industry has faced a difficult business environment as rising jet-fuel prices put pressure on carriers’ balance sheets, but Spirit was already struggling to remain afloat.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

Plus, rising home-insurance costs, and will stable weather become a luxury good?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

After rising in premarket trading, shares reversed course and tumbled 2.1% on Friday.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

The party also wants pay rises in the public sector to at a minimum match inflation - the rate prices are rising - with higher rises for the lowest paid.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Sue, Terry, and Bruce watched as in the distance a “little black cloud grew taller like a rising fire plume,” Sue remembered.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone