bring up

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Crawley brought up a well deserved 50 and with an uncharacteristically subdued Brook began a rebuild before his partner badly mistimed a reverse sweep and was bowled by a classic Lyon off-break.

From Barron's

Hodge brought up his 50 from 85 balls, guiding Patel backward of point for his ninth boundary an over before lunch.

From Barron's

A number of people brought up migration and questioned why asylum seekers were being housed in hotels.

From BBC

To entertain themselves, they used notebooks to scribble down funny or vivid things other people brought up in their treatment groups, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal

She said: "He told me he had been brought up by his grandmother but she had died."

From BBC