mount
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Instead, their presence may provide information about how prepared the antibody-producing portion of the immune system is to mount a response.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
The paper adds the PM also promised to mount a Covid-style campaign to get everyone off the streets this winter.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Plus, the House of Mouse was already changing up its rhetorical tack to mount a fulsome self-defense on free speech and free press grounds.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Bagehot would recognize the goal: Reduce the encouragement to take risk, known as moral hazard, that offering guarantees in advance creates, but retain the ability to mount a rescue in a crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Although a servant would probably not have a mount of any kind, at least the toad is less conspicuous.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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Her disclosure came as speculation mounts over her political future.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Discovery to as late as next June as David Ellison’s media company mounts its defense to the antitrust challenge brought by California Atty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
But while he mounts his defence against a host of critics, speculation has fallen on who Zelensky might choose to replace him.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The strategy had limited success early in the conflict, but it might show better results as the toll on Iran mounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The mounts molded back into the shadows, disappearing completely.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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According to Dalal, even though losses at privately held companies have mounted, the performance of publicly traded, CEO-run Tata companies has been strong.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Interior Minister Bernard Quintin mounted a lengthy defence of the government's response during a grilling before the Belgian parliament on Thursday afternoon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
In June, the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or Nmesis—a new antiship missile launcher mounted on a remote-controlled truck—rolled onto the runway on the Philippines’ island of Itbayat, one of the country’s most northern islands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Sanford very briefly mounted a 2020 primary challenge to Trump as well.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
With that, she walked to her horse, mounted it, and rode over to wait beside Phillip.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Sleep offered researchers an ideal way to explore that question because mounting evidence suggests that sleep plays an important role in health.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Many university graduates also face mounting student debt.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The fulcrum of the owners’ position is the principle of “competitive balance,” meaning that every team should have comparable resources for mounting a playoff campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The university was also facing mounting questions over its handling of the allegations and treatment of Arday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Savery thus proposed mounting his device near the bottom of a mine and using it to pump water to the surface.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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