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It isn’t a rocket ship, it is just creeping higher and every so often it creeps high enough to reach a new high. – Jonathan Miller	Found on CNN 1 year ago
But in this time of inflation, where even low prices are creeping up, pockets and frankly anything to get the consumer excited about ‘newness’ is key. – Marshal Cohen	Found on CNN 1 year ago
You claim that socialism has engulfed this country, that it keeps creeping, that it's gonna take over private businesses, etc., etc., that is not happening. – Maxine Waters	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Many of the things creeping into progressive schools are things that the state supports but a lot of parents do not, the moms voting for Lee Zeldin want a return to the foundations of education: math, reading and science. We don't need political activism or age-inappropriate lessons for our kids. – Yiatan Chu	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
When I came out here two hours after this crash happened, I was doing one mile an hour creeping along the interstate because I could not see in front of my vehicle. – Kim Montes	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The situation that we're seeing on the ground, and I get this from talking to a number of my colleagues who actually do the genomic surveillance, is BA.2 is kind of creeping up in terms of numbers, but it's not the meteoric rise that we saw with BA.1. – Angela Rasmussen	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It was creeping up into the North Side, which is where we lived. … You know, it's a city, so everywhere has its issues, but it's typically one of the safer areas. Carjackings, robberies — just to the point where I didn't feel safe alone outside if it was dark out, it just isn't a good way to live. – Former Chicago resident Lauren Callahan	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They said they were going to go move, they were going to go pack up and move their campsite -- that he was still creeping them out. – Bridget Calvert	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I was reading the situation and saw that Heim was creeping toward third, i did it at the right time. – Mychal Givens	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I kept creeping closer and closer to it, and moving round to capture it from different angles, then it yawned, and I couldnt help but laugh to myself I had a friend with me who joked that the owl seemed bored of being photographed. – Wayne Havenhand	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
God will shield us from all harm and sickness, we are not afraid. We are called by God to stand against the Antichrist creeping into America's borders. We will spread the Gospel. – Tony Spell	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Socialism is creeping up on us. – Jonathan Foss	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Despite our government's denial, this is a national disaster creeping ever closer to the capital. – Extinction Rebellion	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Inflation might be creeping up but we're nowhere near the doomsday scenario of it getting out of control, still, with inflation ticking up a bit and the economy not screaming recession, The Fed should sit back. It can wait and see. There's no need to stimulate the economy or tighten rates. – Joe Mallen	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Can everyday people come together and effectively organize against creeping overreach of one of the worlds biggest corporations ? Yes, they can. – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We are seeing a creeping erosion of employment rights as companies misclassify their workers as self-employed so as to avoid paying them holiday pay and the national minimum wage. – Annie Powell	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It is worrying that anti-immigration incitement is creeping into the heart of our society. – Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We don't want them sitting on the board, because they're implementing a creeping control strategy to take over the company. – Yves Guillemot	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The U.S. crude market seems to have passed the worst point and crude runs should start creeping higher, taking pressure off inventory levels, the latest EIA data on U.S. production is also supportive as it indicates that the low prices are finally having an impact. – Richard Gorry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The NFL may be the last bastion of football in 50 years, because I can imagine the slow death of the sport creeping up from the youth level, if we keep finding out about the long-term effects of brain damage caused by the game, it's hard to imagine many parents will allow their children to play. Maybe high school and college football go away. And maybe football becomes more like MMA -- a sport that has relatively few participants, but enough to entertain the masses, with athletes willing to take obvious health risks to achieve money and fame. – John Branch	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Whatever the queen's personal rating it's better than the... political leaders', when you get past trauma of Diana's death into the last 10, 15 years or so, in a way there's a new kind of creeping respect for the way she's stayed the same, always done her duty, still keeping the show on the road. – Professor Murphy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Interest rates have been creeping up, but they’re still extremely low. – Svenja Gudell	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The combination of the Chinese stock market rout and creeping crude glut is weighing on oil, that said, Brent's still seeing support above $50 and U.S. crude is staying above $45. There's a lot of hedging going on at those levels. – Carl Larry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The oil price is creeping up gently, we see it coming back and we have heavy helicopters on order from 2017 onwards. – Chairman Crispin Maunder	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

It isn’t a rocket ship, it is just creeping higher and every so often it creeps high enough to reach a new high.

– Jonathan Miller

Found on CNN
1 year ago

But in this time of inflation, where even low prices are creeping up, pockets and frankly anything to get the consumer excited about ‘newness’ is key.

– Marshal Cohen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You claim that socialism has engulfed this country, that it keeps creeping, that it's gonna take over private businesses, etc., etc., that is not happening.

– Maxine Waters

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Many of the things creeping into progressive schools are things that the state supports but a lot of parents do not, the moms voting for Lee Zeldin want a return to the foundations of education: math, reading and science. We don't need political activism or age-inappropriate lessons for our kids.

– Yiatan Chu

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

When I came out here two hours after this crash happened, I was doing one mile an hour creeping along the interstate because I could not see in front of my vehicle.

– Kim Montes

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The situation that we're seeing on the ground, and I get this from talking to a number of my colleagues who actually do the genomic surveillance, is BA.2 is kind of creeping up in terms of numbers, but it's not the meteoric rise that we saw with BA.1.

– Angela Rasmussen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It was creeping up into the North Side, which is where we lived. … You know, it's a city, so everywhere has its issues, but it's typically one of the safer areas. Carjackings, robberies — just to the point where I didn't feel safe alone outside if it was dark out, it just isn't a good way to live.

– Former Chicago resident Lauren Callahan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They said they were going to go move, they were going to go pack up and move their campsite -- that he was still creeping them out.

– Bridget Calvert

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I was reading the situation and saw that Heim was creeping toward third, i did it at the right time.

– Mychal Givens

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I kept creeping closer and closer to it, and moving round to capture it from different angles, then it yawned, and I couldnt help but laugh to myself I had a friend with me who joked that the owl seemed bored of being photographed.

– Wayne Havenhand

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

God will shield us from all harm and sickness, we are not afraid. We are called by God to stand against the Antichrist creeping into America's borders. We will spread the Gospel.

– Tony Spell

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Socialism is creeping up on us.

– Jonathan Foss

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Despite our government's denial, this is a national disaster creeping ever closer to the capital.

– Extinction Rebellion

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Inflation might be creeping up but we're nowhere near the doomsday scenario of it getting out of control, still, with inflation ticking up a bit and the economy not screaming recession, The Fed should sit back. It can wait and see. There's no need to stimulate the economy or tighten rates.

– Joe Mallen

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Can everyday people come together and effectively organize against creeping overreach of one of the worlds biggest corporations ? Yes, they can.

– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We are seeing a creeping erosion of employment rights as companies misclassify their workers as self-employed so as to avoid paying them holiday pay and the national minimum wage.

– Annie Powell

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It is worrying that anti-immigration incitement is creeping into the heart of our society.

– Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We don't want them sitting on the board, because they're implementing a creeping control strategy to take over the company.

– Yves Guillemot

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The U.S. crude market seems to have passed the worst point and crude runs should start creeping higher, taking pressure off inventory levels, the latest EIA data on U.S. production is also supportive as it indicates that the low prices are finally having an impact.

– Richard Gorry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The NFL may be the last bastion of football in 50 years, because I can imagine the slow death of the sport creeping up from the youth level, if we keep finding out about the long-term effects of brain damage caused by the game, it's hard to imagine many parents will allow their children to play. Maybe high school and college football go away. And maybe football becomes more like MMA -- a sport that has relatively few participants, but enough to entertain the masses, with athletes willing to take obvious health risks to achieve money and fame.

– John Branch

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Whatever the queen's personal rating it's better than the... political leaders', when you get past trauma of Diana's death into the last 10, 15 years or so, in a way there's a new kind of creeping respect for the way she's stayed the same, always done her duty, still keeping the show on the road.

– Professor Murphy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Interest rates have been creeping up, but they’re still extremely low.

– Svenja Gudell

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The combination of the Chinese stock market rout and creeping crude glut is weighing on oil, that said, Brent's still seeing support above $50 and U.S. crude is staying above $45. There's a lot of hedging going on at those levels.

– Carl Larry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The oil price is creeping up gently, we see it coming back and we have heavy helicopters on order from 2017 onwards.

– Chairman Crispin Maunder

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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