Example Sentences

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Investors had been boosting their stakes in Akamai in recent weeks for exactly that kind of future-focused capex, Ader and Heath added.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Till this week, T.M.Q. had been boosting Patriots undrafted center David Andrews for N.F.L.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2015

Pool and investment houses which had been boosting favorites acknowledged the stampede, stepped aside to let it pass.

From Time Magazine Archive

The salesman had been boosting the customer's old hat, which had become mixed among the many new ones.

From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)