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  • Buoying investors' sentiment, the G-8 nations said that the global recovery "is becoming more self-sustained," even while noting that downside risks remain.

    Banks Lead Europe Higher Barbara Kollmeyer 2011

  • Buoying it all, and evident throughout this retrospective, is Palermo's sense of humor.

    Contradictions, Equivocations Lance Esplund 2011

  • Buoying optimism in Asian currencies has been China's surprise action to strengthen its closely managed currency last week by the fastest pace in years.

    Haven Talk Reaches Emerging Asian Currencies Alex Frangos 2011

  • Buoying it all, and evident throughout this retrospective, is Palermo's sense of humor.

    Contradictions, Equivocations Lance Esplund 2011

  • Buoying apartment sales have been Fannie and Freddie, which have a mandate to provide market liquidity for affordable housing and also see multifamily deals as a source of profit in an otherwise bleak market.

    Regional Apartment Players Hunt Deals 2008

  • Buoying the Nasdaq, Research In Motion rose 9.20, or 6.9%, to 141.97, a record closing high, after the Canadian company unveiled the latest incarnation of its smart phone, the BlackBerry Bold.

    Retailers, Restaurants 2008

  • Buoying the financials, fed-funds futures -- a prediction market for rate changes -- raised the odds of a rate cut of half a percentage point tomorrow, with many holding out hope that further rate cuts will stave off a recession.

    Flagstar 2008

  • Buoying upward, the giant sheet bobbed above the surface, heaving and teetering, looking for its center of gravity.

    Deception Point Dan Brown 2001

  • Buoying upward, the giant sheet bobbed above the surface, heaving and teetering, looking for its center of gravity.

    Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001

  • Buoying him up by sitting down on the other side of the couch was an older man whose haircut would have cost Ross Ed the equivalent of a week's salary.

    Jed the Dead Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

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