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Even though upward of one-third of the US population may have already been exposed to the virus, we don’t fully know who has had it because there are so many asymptomatic cases, and because of gaps in testing.

A wispy, spirit-like version of herself falls away from her body as her outstretched arm and eyes point upward.

If case counts in an area begin to tick upward, public-health departments should be ready to respond quickly with vaccination and testing campaigns, Popescu says.

In the lab box tests, spiders had to add strand after strand before researchers saw the first upward lurch.

She has been depositing upward of $250 a month for the last six months into both of my daughters' accounts.

Officials have said the war to reclaim upward of a third of Iraq and a quarter of Syria from ISIS could take years.

Their clear priorities : faster economic growth and promoting upward mobility for the middle and working classes.

For fees ranging upward of $100, the officiant is the person who makes a prison marriage happen.

Constitutional arguments aside, there do seem to be some better ways to create conditions for upward mobility among newcomers.

Unlike a normal ship, the bow slopes upward from the water up to the deck.

Both of the orator's hands swung upward and outward, and he looked intently at the ceiling.

The unsupported pump-rods fell downwards, setting in upward motion the column of water in the plunger-pole pumps.

As the organist closes his pedal, the indicator key again moves upward into its normal position.

Even Henrietta stopped eating, looked upward at the dusty ceiling, and listened for a repetition of the sound.

Pallid, Sir Lucien Pyne lay by the ebony chair glaring horribly upward.