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As Portugal gained some respite, European officials increased pressure to expand the size of the rescue fund, saying it would provide a longer-term solution.

The shares gained some respite from the battering today, rising 6.1p to 74.75p, but have still lost three quarters of their value this year.

An estimated 100,000 people holed up at the airport in Bangui gained some respite this week when aid workers delivered food after a three-week impasse.

Having gained some respite thanks to better protection of reserves from loggers, farmers and hunters, pandas now face an onslaught from the country's fast-growing middle classes in search of new leisure destinations.

An estimated 100,000 people holed up at an airport in Central African Republic (CAR) gained some respite this week when aid workers delivered food after a three-week impasse.

Meanwhile, the London Evening Standard - which has suffered since the afternoon freesheets were unleashed on the capital - gained some respite, with a 1% rise in circulation month on month to 276,230 in June.

Britain should gain some respite from the dismal bank holiday weather before further heavy rain and strong winds bring a disappointing end to the long weekend.

Italo Calvino's novella "The Watcher," which I recently read in an attempt to gain some respite from the last-minute barrage of electoral coverage, offers an altogether more sombre perspective on the democratic process.

Meanwhile, in the real world, harsh sentences are handed down to the hoi polloi if they are caught daring to gain some hallucinogenic respite from the daily slog.

Those points gained some traction.

Microsoft has gained some ground.