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The company also announced that it was boosting its quarterly dividend by 2%, to 42 cents a share.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

Goldman said Thursday it was boosting its quarterly dividend by 50 cents, bringing it to $4.50.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

She also addressed migration, saying the asylum system was in chaos and that the government was boosting border security.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024

She said that the state was boosting outreach to test farmworkers but its efforts were complicated by systemic issues like precarious employment that renders them vulnerable to getting fired for calling out sick.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2024

Tayo felt like a little kid; he felt eight again, and Josiah was boosting him onto the back of Siow’s pinto.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko