upward

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An upward move this week would mark the first hike since September 2023, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine beginning in February of the previous year drove an energy-price spike.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

“Any renewed disruption could quickly bring upward pressure back into the market,” says Zaheer Anwari, co-founder and CEO at The Revacy Fund, in an email.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

And, in the case of University of Oregon wide receiver Dakorien Moore, that amounted to upward of $80,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Nonfarm payrolls grew by 172,000 in the month, while payroll growth for February and March was revised upward by 93,000.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

As if being back here on this wretched road—the place he’d un-died—weren’t bad enough, ahead of them, Fernlight Forest stretched upward and outward, rich and leafy and gold-dappled green.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman