upward

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Upward pressure on mortgage rates from the bond market isn’t helping.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Upward of $10 million, Martha Ackmann reports in “Ain’t Nobody’s Fool,” a deeply detailed, and footnoted, account of Ms. Parton’s life and career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Upward forces from the ocean water could "lift" the thinning ice essentially all at once, they argue - causing icebergs to break off and the glacier to retreat in quick time.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

Upward pressure on inflation and pressure to finance the U.S. deficit should result in the market “clearing with higher yields over time.”

From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025

Upward he bounded, up, two bounds, three, hardly slowing, until he was among the lower limbs.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin