to bring (something volatile or intense) into being
a proposal to cover the library's red brick with vinyl siding raised a mighty ruckus with those favoring historical preservation
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Recent Examples of raised
Adjective
Like the full flagships, the FE is getting a raised camera bump similar to what’s been installed on the Galaxy Z Fold series for a couple of generations now.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Verb
Saturday’s result raised UNC’s floor more than its ceiling in my eyes.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
30 Aug. 2026 He was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy, according to his older sister Maridale Powell, 89.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2026 The announcement comes after recent performances raised alarm with fans and staff worried about the storied singer’s health.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Aug. 2026 Lisa Yamanaka, performance director for Three Trails Taiko, was born and raised in Kansas City after both of her parents immigrated from Kyoto.—Kansas City Star,
29 Aug. 2026 After Musk left, OpenAI launched massively successful AI products, namely ChatGPT, struck partnerships with tech titans including Microsoft, converted its business into a for-profit with a non-profit parent, and raised huge sums of funding.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2026 Both Google and Apple have raised their trade-in prices in recent weeks.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2026 Rights groups have raised concerns about the treatment of migrants and asylum seekers in Tunisia since the EU agreement, including reports of collective expulsions, racial violence, arbitrary detention and abuses against Black migrants.—ABC News,
22 Aug. 2026 Localisation and European certification The transition to Chinese components has raised questions about whether design changes could affect the C919’s effort to obtain safety certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Aug. 2026
The company’s turnaround strategy, launched by new CEO Michael Fiddelke after former CEO Brian Cornell stepped down, includes store refreshes, increased staffing, and more aggressive pricing.
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Nancy Jiang,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2026
The embassy warned that increased British involvement would carry increased consequences.
On Saturday, Pete received a standing ovation from members of the Navajo Nation who were in the stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
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Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2026
Three years ago, fans of the Philadelphia Phillies famously buoyed the spirits of underperforming shortstop Trea Turner by giving him the same kind of standing ovation.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Aug. 2026
That reality seems to have fostered a sense of entitlement rather than gratitude.
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Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
23 Aug. 2026
And as evidenced by Spade and the D’Allara family's reunion, the emotional connections fostered on that perilous day have persisted through two decades.
The comment at a rally last Sunday titillated, provoked and enraged different audiences simultaneously, all but guaranteeing saturation news coverage and even more attention.
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Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2026
The incidents had provoked international scrutiny of the country’s assault on Gaza.
Last week's announcement even elicited rare rebukes from Republican lawmakers, some of whom are up for reelection in a few months.
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Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
26 Aug. 2026
Anthropic’s announcement elicited panic among some enthusiastic Claude adopters, who expressed concern about what a label on AI use might signal about them.
In 2021, Parton asked Tennessee lawmakers to withdraw a bill that would have allowed a statue of her to be erected on the grounds of the state Capitol.
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Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2026
Fans of Dolly Parton have erected a memorial at the legendary singer-songwriter’s star on Nashville’s Music City Walk of Fame, placing flowers, cards and candles that continue to burn into the morning hours.
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