Both sides were raising larger client armies, in hopes the Lao would fight.

The vessels had raised every scrap of canvas in hopes of utilizing the paltry breeze.

They raised their guns as if in vain hopes of clearing a safe escape path.

"Please ask your reporters to raise objections beforehand in hopes of convincing the official to go public," they wrote.

Some raised their passports in hopes of a job abroad.

Interest rates were raised twice last week in hopes of heading off a run against the franc that could force devaluation.

Political correctness has made its debut, with antennas raised high in hopes of catching the racist or misogynist red-handed.

Fortunato's family raised $1.3 million in hopes he would be granted bail.

The Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, is expected to raise rates in hopes of cooling inflation, analysts said.

The Aleuts have since raised their stock holdings in hopes of notching a higher return.