Example Sentences

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Jacqueline Smith, Marine Coordinator at the International Transport Workers' Federation, said numerous seafarers had been raising the alarm over supplies in recent days.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

The group had been raising production quotas for most of last year but paused for the first quarter of 2026 amid expectations of a global oil-supply surplus.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 1, 2026

Nepal’s leaders had been raising his case with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Qatari royalty, but the trail appeared to be cold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Green admitted in February 2020 that he had been raising prices and getting kickbacks from wholesalers that were labeled “agency fees,” the New York Post reported in 2022 and 2023.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

Her younger daughter with Ernest, Anna, whom a relative had been raising since Mollie became seriously ill, had died.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann