rising

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European leaders still hope to assuage Trump by pointing to their rising military spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The researchers note that their method could also be used to study other climate-related changes, including shifts in precipitation patterns and rising sea levels.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

A rising pension age also led to employment rates among affected age groups increasing by 10 percentage points, driven primarily by workers staying in their jobs for longer.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“If anything, we need additional funding to cover rising costs, not fewer, to maintain our current momentum,” the agency said Friday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

As they came closer, they saw, rising from the water on wooden posts, a series of wooden signs in fifteen languages.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell