Example Sentences

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Wall Street strategists have been lifting price targets for gold and silver this year.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

Even economies that are facing a pronounced slowdown have been lifting borrowing costs.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022

Google's secondary businesses, including Cloud, also have been lifting overall sales.

From Reuters • Feb. 1, 2022

This is losing to the nice guys, the ones who - with a bit of fortune - could have been lifting the 50-over World Cup in place of England.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2021

Now, the trouble is we have been lifting all the good things of God and putting them in heaven.

From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Kleiser, Grenville