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Because colorectal cancer remains uncommon in younger patients, these symptoms may not immediately raise suspicion and can sometimes be overlooked.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Every time you get someone out you just raise the rent. You should be able to have a living space and not be thrown out on a limb.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
It’s been really exciting to join as their leader and raise the bar on the team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Earlier on Tuesday, Anwar told the Malaysian parliament he and other top Malaysian officials "will raise issues towards a solution".
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
They did not raise their voices again that night.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Wells Fargo upgraded Cleveland-Cliffs, saying near-term earnings could beat expectations even as a planned Iowa steel mill raises concerns about future supply.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
This pattern raises the possibility that the wasps are displacing the ants completely, although the researchers say experiments would be necessary to confirm whether that is actually happening.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
RHB raises its target price to 47.60 Singapore dollars from S$46.60.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
It’s the latest elective, cash-pay scan for asymptomatic people that raises either hopes or eyebrows, depending on how you view our healthcare system.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
I’d also heard that Mrs. Vaughan was standing up for the Colored women she supervised, helping them to get better assignments, as well as the promotions and raises they’d previously been denied.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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Concerns had also been raised about the environmental impact of building a new road and how much farmland it would affect.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Intesa raised the price of its offer by roughly 800 million euros to 31.4 billion euros, as long as Monte dei Paschi shareholders reject the alternative bids for Banco BPM and Banca Generali.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Buybacks are a catalyst for Nvidia shares, too, after the company recently raised its share-repurchase authorization by $150 billion to bring its total buyback program to $235 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
That raised an important question for Blau, Bhutani and their colleagues: Could the same biological pathway contribute to the deterioration of cartilage as animals age or recover from injury?
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
I kept calling until at last Patch raised his head and came to me across the wall.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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“The business of raising a prodigy,” his mother wryly thinks, “was not unlike that of keeping racehorses or training falcons.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Blocking 15-PGDH, or otherwise raising levels of prostaglandin E2, has been shown to support regeneration in damaged muscle, nerve, bone, colon, liver and blood cells in young mice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
There is broad support for its centrepiece goal: raising the share of global energy demand met by electricity from around 20 percent today to 35 percent by 2035.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
"We will not stop raising our voices hoping for an Okinawa, where we can live in peace."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
He is coming here to witness the raising of his obelisk on our shores and to celebrate his third decade of reign.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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