Sentence examples for position to rise from inspiring English sources

After top-ranked Duke lost to North Carolina State on Saturday, the Wolverines were in position to rise to No. 1 for the first time since November 1992.

Massie's life experiences put him in a good position to rise to the complexity of the challenge, having been a business professor, Episcopal minister, apartheid rights activist, political veteran and survivor of hepatitis, HIV and a liver transplant.

And with Miami's loss, the Bulldogs, who have set a team record for regular-season wins, put themselves in position to rise to second in the Associated Press poll.

"Donnie works on zero sleep every summer, coaching the Lithuanian team and putting together international competitions so that players from around the world not only were visible, but so that they played against the best competition, putting them in a position to rise to N.B.A. levels.

Is Nawaz Sharif really in a position to rise against Pakistan's "Deep State" (i.e. the nebulous alliance between the Inter-Services Intelligence, the army and the jihadists)?

"As one of the world's richest countries, with good infrastructure, a viable welfare state and a solid budget surplus, we are in a position to rise to the occasion," German Labour and Social Affairs Minister Andrea Nahles said at a briefing ahead of a G20 meeting in Turkey on Thursday.

"They said we can only offer paid positions to rising seniors".

Bill Novelli, associate executive director of public affairs for AARP, says Modern Maturity is trying to position itself to rise with the boomer tide.

That way, the people briefed on the matter said, Mr. Lee could collect even greater gains if the position continued to rise, a move that would have increased his pay by $100,000 or more.

The span which are 24 ft. above high tide when in working position, are able to rise 111 ft. in 90 seconds.

Railway firms thereby hope to find themselves in a better position to handle rising traffic in future.