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Two 80-metre barges are also being stationed at Paks that could be sunk to raise the water level.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Flock cameras help police solve crimes, but cases of officers abusing their access to the technology for stalking raise concerns about privacy violations.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
Lazy Bear gatherings have been staged every July since 1996 by the nonprofit Lazy Bear Fund to raise money toward LGBTQ+ community health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Water companies need approval from the regulator, Ofwat, to raise customers' bills, a process that takes place every five years to set spending budgets for the years ahead.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
They waited, but she did not raise her head again.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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“Their ignorance that this even happens raises questions about the ethics of the insurance companies they hire to manage their benefits,” Cuban told MarketWatch in an email.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Swiss bank cuts its recommendation for M&G stock to sell from neutral, but raises its target price to 330 pence from 300 pence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The evidence also raises the possibility that the animal was walking with a limp.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Paraquat has been an important tool for California farmers, and its loss raises a broader concern about California’s increasingly difficult marketplace,” said spokesperson Isabella Quinonez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
He developed a solar-powered machine that skims garbage off the top of the ocean and raises awareness about the danger of microplastics that come off synthetic clothes when we wash them.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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"It's a disease," said Papatiti, who was born and raised in the local Maasai community, insisting there was "no way" cyanide was involved.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
That has raised the risks around AI-related stocks, he adds.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Amziah knows everyone in the county, welcomes convicts and immigrants to stay on his property, and once raised foster children, until his wife died.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
More recently, rising global bond yields have also raised the stakes for stocks, noted Michael Kramer, portfolio manager at Mott Capital Management.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
They looked terrifyingly strong, with raised zigzag scars on their muscled arms.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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While raising money for a later venture, she would describe herself as the “co-founder of OLG Financial Corp.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The huge swings in Korean shares are also raising concerns about some other markets around the world.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
It’s hard to tell when, exactly, raising legitimate concern about a woman celebrity’s appearance became synonymous with your run-of-the-mill misogyny or bullying.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
But the giant technology companies are now greedily raising as much money as they can from suckers — excuse me, investors — to keep spending on the AI arms race.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
I found that I started, in little bits, raising my head to look at her, but always when I knew she was turned the other way or couldn’t see me.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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