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- noun Plural form of
lift . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
lift .
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Examples
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Everyone at the meeting was using the word "lifts."
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The considerably less predictable Holiday in Reality: Edward Hopper (the title lifts from Wallace Stevens) provides sterling proof that Hopper’s art continues, almost in spite of itself, to gain in stature.
The Whitney Confronts Reality In Excellent Hopper Exhibition 2006
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Other lifts from the first film include the cafeteria free-form music/dance jam sequence, as a way to get the entire young cast jumping in the same room at the same time.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
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I'll update with an Amazon affiliate link where you buy this product as soon as GlaxoSmithKlein lifts the embargo.
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And I saw it go under the sand, a fathom under the sand, on cross-bearings unnamable, where the mangroves fade away, and the coconuts grow, and the rise of land lifts from the beach to the
CHAPTER IX 2010
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Let it be our cause that we give this child a country that is coming together, not coming apart, a country of boundless hopes and endless dreams, a country once again lifts its people and inspires the world.
Another Page From the Clinton Playbook - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Linesmen: SummaryBack to topSemin lifts Capitals over Stars in OT
USATODAY.com 2008
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Mind you - they spent the ££££ and we had coverage underground and in lifts etc.
The “other ranks” are revolting! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Linesmen: SummaryBack to topOvechkin lifts Caps past Flyers
USATODAY.com 2008
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Linesmen: SummaryBack to topConklin lifts Wings to 4-0 win over Blackhawks
USATODAY.com 2008
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