lifting

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The producer price index for total final demand rose 1.1% in May, lifting the annual rate to 6.5%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday morning.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

And when he was in the sand and he was having a hard time lifting his feet through the sand, because you know sand is heavy.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

In the early races, this led to unusual behaviour, such as drivers lifting off the throttle and coasting on qualifying laps, as well as recovering energy while on full throttle.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Morningstar raises its fair-value estimate for Advantest by 3% to 35,000 yen after lifting its system-on-chip tester revenue estimate by 3%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

As hurtful as those comments were, what made things worse was that as she said them, Magic was lifting up C.C.’s wings and looking under them.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el