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The US Federal Reserve could rase interest rates as early as June, according to minutes from its April meeting show, with Fed’s members arguing the risks of a slowdown in global economy have receded.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2016
Take 4 weeks to rase and consume 3Kg of feed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2015
Tyrian's axe Went spinning, followed by Tyrion himself, and the deck rase up to give him a wet smack.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Thomas rathely vpe he rase, 50 And he rane ouer that mountayne hye; Gyff it be als the storye sayes, He hir mette at Eldone tree.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
Not for her fault, but mine Sir, Zenocia suffers: The sin I made, when I sought to rase down Arnoldo's love, built on a Rock of truth, Now to the height is punish'd.
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (1 of 10) - the Custom of the Country by Beaumont, Francis
There remained no hope, no supply of men, or weapons; the Mastes all beaten over boord, her upper worke rased.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the rigorousness of the tempest and the force of the yce so rased the sides of the ships that it was pitifull to behold, and caused the hearts of many to faint.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the summer of 1534, orders came that the pope's name should be rased out wherever it was mentioned in the Mass books.
From Short Studies on Great Subjects by Froude, James Anthony
But some half century later, the hand of man was called in to accelerate its destruction, and it was then almost entirely rased to the ground.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
The law was ultimately adopted by both chambers; ministerial influence triumphed over reason, and rased the most important bulwark of the rights guarantied to the nation.
From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron
This is PhishMe’s third time rasing funds since its founding in 2011 and it already pulls in $35 million in revenue annually.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2016
Air France crews refused to board flights destined for Ebola-affected countries this week, rasing concerns that it could scrap routes.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2014
Their generous support and resources made the difference, and paved the way for future progress in our fund rasing efforts.
From Time Magazine Archive
And lightly they avoided their horses and rushed together, tracing, rasing, and foining.
From The Blue Flower by Van Dyke, Henry
Only by rasing much of its present architecture can we find room for commemorating duly the glorious epoch which we have just entered.
From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
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