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as in brightening
to become glad or hopeful
we perked up once the sun came out
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as in lifting
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
the dog tilts her head and perks up her ears whenever someone speaks to her
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Sabrina Carpenter posted a photo on Instagram of her makeup and featured the Make Beauty Skin Mimetic Concealer, a brightening concealer used by Courteney Cox and Hailey Bieber.
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If your grout isn't horrendous with dirt or stains, this might be a great cleaner for brightening the lines.
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Proponents say the workout’s minimal movements, like short sets of squats and lifting light weights, leave them with soreness but also increase their muscle.
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This mission will attempt to place a batch of CubeSats into orbit after lifting off from Andøya Spaceport in Norway.
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Shortly after giving his team a temporary lead on Monday, the athlete put his hands over his face before looking up at the sky and pointing upward, as shown in a video shared by Fox Sports.
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Stannard remembers lying on the pavement and looking up at the blue sky, not yet feeling any pain, and realizing that he’d actually been hit.
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But a fresh start comes with plenty of new challenges — from rival ranchers and relentless cattle work to the unexpected trials of raising their teenage son, Carter (Finn Little).
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SpaceX went public in June, raising roughly $75 billion in the largest IPO on record.
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Aemond, without his eyepatch and his artificial eye glowing eerily, does find satisfaction.
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The best antiaging devices have the latest technology to give you glowing, radiant skin at home.
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Much was spoken about the positions Ronaldo was taking up in their opening game, often keeping himself offside when DR Congo pushed up the pitch.
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Rather than having cluttered and mismatched products taking up precious space, Hamid recommends unifying products.
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The squad has won four matches in a row, elevating it for the first time in four decades to the competition’s round of 16.
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Since the Wright Brothers first took flight in 1903, the aerospace industry in particular has played a key role in elevating travel, commerce and defense, while helping to forge a national identity.
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“Perking (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perking%20%28up%29. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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