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The BEA said the acceleration in GDP growth was driven by an increase in investment and an upturn in government spending, which were partially offset by a decrease in exports.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Zheng underwent elbow surgery last year and had struggled with form and fitness over the past 12 months, before a recent upturn led to her triumph in Beijing.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Higher premiums and lower payouts on claims helped drive the profits upturn, the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

“July’s upturn may not be the start of an improving trend,” said Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

The former snout now curves into a slight upturn at the tip.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

The step up between the final months of 2025 and early 2026 was attributed to "upturns in government spending and exports and an acceleration in investment," while consumer spending decelerated.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

“Japan’s manufacturing industry propelled itself back into growth territory at the start of 2026, with firms signaling the strongest upturns in output and new orders for nearly four years,” said Fiddes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

But even with the upturns among these students, their scores were sobering: 36.8% were proficient in English, 25% in math and 20.7% in science.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024

As with previous upturns in Dubai, war is a driving force.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

The shock of the contest upturns Society and desolates the Land.

From The Great Conspiracy, Volume 4 by John Alexander Logan

"The family asked us to help via Facebook," said volunteer Charlotte Darribat, as she fed the reptile near upturned sunchairs and strewn clothes in the town of Lege-Cap-Ferret.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Steel ribs encase the viewer, giving one the feeling of being in an upturned ship, as a soundtrack that ranges from gospel singing to mechanical clicks plays in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Successive face-lifts have finally erased the original’s daft, Cheshire Cat smile, formed by the grille’s upturned corners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025

Still, it’s nice to have a sweeping view of the first film’s prosthetic makeup: the Cowardly Lion’s upturned nostrils, the Scarecrow’s baggy jowls, the real horses painted purple and red with Jell-O.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

Thurber, by self-appointed virtuous contrast, saw commas as so many upturned office chairs unhelpfully hurled down the wide-open corridor of readability.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

Arcel’s films don’t revise Danish history so much as expand upon it, upturning previously held assumptions and examining the corruption of powerful men, with a socially progressive, even feminist bent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

At tables favored by film executives, there is eye rolling and nose upturning about Silicon Valley’s push into entertainment: Apple is spending how much on Martin Scorsese’s next film?

From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2022

It signaled an upturning of all known history.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2021

This virus is upturning nearly everything about how we live our lives.

From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2020

I tried to fake a smile, but all I could manage was a feeble upturning of the corners of my mouth—my stomach was turning at the sight of my father bonding with Assef.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini