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"A big night out is going to cost you upwards of £50."
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026
With stadium tickets priced upwards of $1,200, Briggs’ family was entirely priced out of going to a live game.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
He thinks the headline increase could be upwards of 4%, with core CPI getting near 3%.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
“Quickly telephone to Helmholtz Watson.” “. . . upwards of five thousand kilometres of fencing at sixty thousand volts.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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