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ri zuhn

  • v  move upward
  • v  increase in value or to a higher point
  • v  rise to one's feet
  • v  rise up
  • v  come to the surface
  • v  come into existence; take on form or shape
  • v  move to a better position in life or to a better job
  • v  go up or advance
  • v  become more extreme
  • v  get up and out of bed
  • v  rise in rank or status
  • v  become heartened or elated
  • v  exert oneself to meet a challenge
  • v  take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
  • v  increase in volume
  • v  come up, of celestial bodies
  • v  return from the dead
    Christ is risen!
  • s  (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon
    the risen sun

  • Or it may be virulent, as in Brazil, where living costs have risen at a rate of 20% a year for the past six years.
  • In the first year of his presidency, he has risen out of obscurity to become one of the most troublesome and noteworthy leaders in the world.
  • While the number of registered Negro voters in the South has risen from 1,900,000 to 2,300,000 in the past ten years, scarcely 35% of the eligible Negroes bother to vote in local .
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  • Sunil Gulati in Wall Street Journal (blog)
    He's done a very good job, and we've made that clear,Mr. Gulati said. "When we've had our A team, his record is pretty darn good. The problem is our expectations have risen very sharply."
  • Ben Bernanke in USA Today
    Some indicators of longer-term inflation expectations have risen in recent months, which is a significant concern,Bernanke said, adding that policy makers "need to monitor that situation closely."
  • Pope Benedict XVI in BBC News
    Today it is up to you, brothers and sisters, following in the footsteps of those heroic and holy heralds of God, to offer the risen Christ to your fellow citizens,the Pope said to 1,500 Angolan clergy and laypeople at Luanda's Sao Paulo church.

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