going up

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Six figures for courtside, $10,000 for a nosebleed with a partial view of Larry David’s bald head, the price kept going up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"Our cost of living is going up, but not our income," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

But from where we sat, it was as if we were inside a sun going up at night, the suspended bands of light brightening and intensifying our yellow abode.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Right now, prices are going up while wages gains are struggling to keep pace.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Piper felt his defenses going up, like he was curling into a psychological ball, the way he’d gone into a death trance in that bronze jar.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan