brought up

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That Eswatini visit was later brought up by Taiwan's foreign minister Lin Chia-lung in a post about the New Zealand delegation's visit.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

When Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified on Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a couple of his questioners brought up a stunning new claim.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

“We’re proving a next-generation seawater desalination system that answers all of the concerns brought up by the environmentalists.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Neither was brought up in a radically political family.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Harvests brought up from the deep by the haenyeo accounted for 60 percent of Jeju’s total revenue from its fisheries, and haenyeo women became the main revenue-earners in their families.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler