uplift
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Landslides are common in the coastal mountains of Alaska where rapid uplift, caused by tectonic forces and long-term ice loss, converges with the erosive forces of precipitation and moving glaciers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
This is positive for rail operations of its subsidiary SBS Transit, with net revenue uplift for SBS Transit at around 18.8 million Singapore dollars, the analyst estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
"There have been challenges," he said, "but now the government is really trying hard to consolidate the youth. The government is implementing programmes that will really uplift their lives."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Our staff were able to uplift the seal and drive it to a safe place where it was released into the water," Senior Sergeant Miriam Bentley from Wellington Police said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
For the second time she reminded Cora of the lessons in reading and writing, which were optional but recommended, in keeping with their mission of colored uplift, especially for those with aptitude.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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"I reiterate my commitment to ensuring HSC colleagues receive their recommended 26/27 pay uplifts, despite the unprecedented shortfall as indicated in my draft budget," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
“The uncertainty surrounding which companies will experience long-term earnings uplifts from AI helps explain the practical focus of most investors on the near-term earnings impact from AI,” Snider said.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Watching how her mom and her dad work together and how we’re a team, and how her dad supports me and uplifts me and is the man behind the curtain making it all happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
The government is under pressure from its own MPs to scrap the two-child limit for benefit uplifts.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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‘We are taking this moment to refine our humor guidelines to ensure . . . satire does not hurt communities and voices that should be uplifted.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
It is here, in his frame of recognition, that the Smith family is uplifted and seen, and not because they have demanded such a thing, but because this is how they love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s been a week of emotional and intellectual whiplash, but I head into the theater feeling uplifted.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
While artificial intelligence investments and spending by well-off families have powered the robust economic growth, it remains unclear if most households will feel uplifted by this boom.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
He uplifted his worshipers; he made them feel that they could do what they had thought they could not.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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To watch these real and fictional partnerships play out without doubting their credibility is… I don’t know, is uplifting the word?
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
"When it's subsiding, that means that there's probably magma draining away from the volcano, but once the ground starts uplifting again, that can mean that there's potentially new magma moving in," Johnson said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
"It's been a really uplifting experience for all involved, having that routine, knowing you're outside and being with people in your community," she added.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
“His commitment to uplifting those around him extended far beyond sports, as he faithfully served in his church, offering support, counsel and friendship to anyone in need,” the post read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
"He's not at all interested in uplifting things—freedom and necessity, woman's rights and all that. You know, the sickness of our class—Brother, darling."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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