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The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.

The band turned back around, raising a lively tune to signal life would go on.

There are limits to the painting of banditry and extortion as the legitimate raising of taxes.

I learned that he was working and living in the Lower East Side, delivering orders for an Italian restaurant and raising two kids.

Robert Perske has long been an activist raising awareness of the issue of false confessions by people with ID.

“Vait a minit, sir,” said Mr. Weller, raising his hand in a deprecatory manner.

If he had cut her, he would have shown less contempt than in that stiff raising of the hat.

The submarine E.14 sailed into harbour after a series of hair-raising adventures in the Sea of Marmora.

Consequently Junot and Gazan were seriously contemplating raising the siege.

She smiled as I do care very much repeated itself to her, with the tone and the raising of the eyes.