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Surgery often raises levels of a stress hormone known as catecholamine, which drives up a person's blood pressure and heart rate.

At that same hour in the early afternoon a coach going out of Paris drives up to the gates of the city.

Usually, making a product out of nature-friendly materials costs more, which drives up the final product price for consumers.

Second, eating meat drives up the price of cereals, which leads to starvation and food riots -- as I discuss here.

This drives up the cost of care without any necessary actual improvement in outcomes.

Sometimes, as with corn or cassava, direct competition between purchasers drives up the prices of biofuel ingredients.

Any arousing activity drives up the level of dopamine and can therefore trigger feelings of romance as a side effect.

S. , which he says drives up the "real" value of the yuan relative to the dollar.

It does nothing to reduce our fossil fuel usage (many scientists say that it increases usage) and it drives up food prices.

A young woman named Tanya drives up in a car.

The farmer drives up and down the paddock on tractor.

That drives up the price of insurance further, setting the cycle in motion again.

A newly forged political coalition drives up the price of raw materials.

A couple of taxis turn up to buy spicy chicken wings with fries. And one man drives up on a motorbike.

Normally, speculation drives up commodity prices by promoting hoarding.

The rational investor drives up real assets; the rational consumer pays down debt. And governments?

Deflation drives up real debt burdens, further sapping consumer spending.

What's more, banks holding Fannie and Freddie securities get to book big gains as the Fed's buying spree drives up prices.

In old age the vessel drives up, there is no overflow: you are a child again.

You get more money because your terms of trade have improved, but also that drives up output across the board.

That, in turn, drives up his, and others, vegetable prices.

The Chinese often rely on imports to close the gap, which drives up textile prices for consumers worldwide.

That drives up prices still further.

Conversely, overstocking inventory drives up costs for storage and insurance, and increases the risk of obsolescence

HST drives up Canada's inflation rate

Iran's weapons test drives up oil prices