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as in to raise
to bring to maturity through care and education
it takes an immense commitment and a lot of love to bring up a child properly
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2
as in to introduce
to present or bring forward for discussion
I hate to bring this up, but we're running short of money
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as in to stop
to bring (something) to a standstill
wasn't expecting the operator to bring up the carnival ride so suddenly
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The intensity of this retrograde will alleviate some after Venus retrogrades back into Pisces on March 27, bringing up your deeper dreams for the future until Venus retrograde officially ends on April 12.
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Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
For someone processing a breakup, these moments can feel like emotional landmines, bringing up feelings of sadness, awkwardness or even frustration.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The path forward was cast into doubt by Trump's statement, with speculation growing that Johnson would scrap the original version of the bill and bring up a narrower funding extension that includes disaster relief.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
Several times during the episode, Viall brought up that Baldoni hired the same crisis PR team that Johnny Depp hired during his defamation case against Amber Heard.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
For someone processing a breakup, these moments can feel like emotional landmines, bringing up feelings of sadness, awkwardness or even frustration.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The path forward was cast into doubt by Trump's statement, with speculation growing that Johnson would scrap the original version of the bill and bring up a narrower funding extension that includes disaster relief.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
Several times during the episode, Viall brought up that Baldoni hired the same crisis PR team that Johnny Depp hired during his defamation case against Amber Heard.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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But the ruling was seen as a potentially even bigger gift to Trump because one portion of it, which deals with trial evidence, raised questions about the criminal trial Trump already lost.Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Still, several recent studies have raised troubling warning signs.Will Stone, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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Over the next three decades, Cambridge Brewing introduced patrons to spiced pumpkin ales and robust barley wines.Joshua M. Bernstein, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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Some of the biggest tech companies are pouring vast resources into this space, with Meta introducing compact models within its Llama series, OpenAI having its o1-mini, Microsoft advancing its phi-3 family and Google pushing forward with Gemma.Abhi Maheshwari, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Message attachments will be removed, web pages will not display as normal, some calls will be blocked, some photo albums will be unavailable, some wireless connections will be disabled, and some accessories will stop working.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The storied ball has been lowered every year — except 1942 and 1943, due to lighting restrictions during World War II (which didn't stop crowds from gathering in Times Square).Rachel Treisman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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Tackling late payments is crucial for fostering a more stable and resilient business environment across the EU.Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Since 2015, the family has fostered almost 35 dogs from the Richmond Animal League, and the newest addition to their family is beagle foxhound mix, Roscoe.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Corcoran's attorneys then asked the U.S. Supreme Court issue an emergency order halting his execution, but the high court denied their request for a stay late Tuesday, ending Corcoran's options with the courts.CBS News, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
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The decision to halt the legislation — at least temporarily — was reached by top executive, legislative and judiciary bodies, Dabiri also said.Amir Vahdat and Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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In 2012, as Syria descended into violence, Moises and I travelled to Aleppo with a crew of insurgent rebels and caught an early glimpse of the war’s horrors.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
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But Musk scored victories by launching and catching a SpaceX rocket and implanting the first Neuralink chip into a paralyzed patient’s brain.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 30 Dec. 2024
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Chicago ran 11 total plays combined over their first three drives, continuously stalling until some life came in the fourth.Scott Thompson, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024
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For example, if a backup script hasn’t been checked recently, the restoration could stall, causing delays in bringing systems back online.Sameer Malhotra, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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The speculations began after the pair pulled up to a venue in Burna’s purple Lamborghini Aventador the night prior.Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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The two Topanga natives pulled up to a grove with over a dozen Home Depot buckets of water, chicken wire, and a plastic bag of coast live oak seeds that had impatiently begun sprouting in their supervisor’s fridge.Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Bring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bring%20up. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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