upward

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Strike activity has picked up, too—in each of the past three years, there have been upward of 30 work stoppages involving 1,000 or more employees, according to the Labor Department, the most since the mid-1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

This has "helped keep something of a lid on global energy prices that have been under upward pressure" from the supply shock, he added.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

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

Its tongue, pointed at the end, flicked upward.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell