lighten up
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That isn’t to say that trading activity doesn’t lighten up during the summer months.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026
If individual investors and large institutions collectively decide to lighten up on their dollars, it will leave a mark.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
Or did the embrace of “Rocky” and “Jaws” mean that audiences wanted their movies to lighten up?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
The storms that battered the Hill Country for the last four days began to lighten up, although isolated pockets of heavy rain were still possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
The mood doesn’t lighten up until Mom brings out the peach cobbler that Lee Lee and I made.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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