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The challenge was announced on Zoe Ball's Radio 2 breakfast show, and the station's head Helen Thomas said the multiplatinum-selling singer had "uplifted everyone and spread so much joy over these past 18 months".

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2021

But, Powell claimed extravagantly, the program already had "uplifted and given new hope" to 3,000,000 people who had been "drifting aimlessly through shabby lives."

From Time Magazine Archive

She checked her unbelief, an unbelief that had uplifted her from an inexplicable dismay.

From Captain Blood by Sabatini, Rafael

It was by his exalted faith and his optimism that he had uplifted the souls of the French public.

From Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Cannan, Gilbert

The first thought is that, having risen to prominence by Mozart's tuition and assistance, she spurned the ladder that had uplifted her.

From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 by Hughes, Rupert