Example Sentences

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To retain hires, they are lifting salaries while improving onboard gyms, connectivity and cuisine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Policy remains mildly restrictive, Collins said, and further cuts risk slowing the return of inflation to target just as tariffs are lifting the price of goods.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Across the United States, Latino organizers are lifting their phones not to go viral but to go on record.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

Some workers have already returned and are lifting a soft chair onto a compressor machine to get it ready to box and ship.

From BBC • May 14, 2025

Now you are lifting the handle ofthe locker.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin