Example Sentences

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The lower mortgage rate “is helping on the affordability,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist, adding that rising incomes also lifted sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Needham reiterated a Buy rating on the stock and lifted its price target to $83 from $66.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

That lifted short-term Treasury bond yields to the highest levels of the year and reset Fed rate expectations sharply, with traders now pricing in hefty chances of a hike between now and December.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

"It was a sense of relief, anxiety, nerves and it was like a weight being lifted again like what it was 12 months ago when she got sentenced."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Reflexively, he lifted his hands toward his face.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix