"But they needn't be ramping, rampageous animals," retorted Cousin Gladys, looking round the table for appreciation of her wit.
You've got to start ramping up your security, your food, the Olympic Village, the hotels.
" "This is a problem because we absolutely must stay focused on ramping up the Model 3 and becoming profitable.
com is ramping up its co-operation with shareholder Walmart, the US retailer, targeting customers in store and online with promotions.
Ms Ma points to Sunny Optical, which is ramping up quantity and quality of its camera modules; while the desire for better sound plays to AAC Technologies, the Hong Kong-listed Apple supplier that is beefing up capital expenditure.
" While Beijing has been ramping up its propaganda efforts overseas in recent years — including broadcasting videos on the South China Sea in New York's Times Square over summer — analysts saw the move as a more subtle change of communication strategy.
Health insurance is an area where affluent Chinese families are ramping up spending.
US authorities allege the traders used a technique known as "ramping" that caused the price of pounds to spike.
Alibaba Pictures has also been ramping up its investments in Hollywood content.
China's construction equipment makers are ramping up the competition against global leaders such as Caterpillar, Komatsu and Deere and appear set to discount products to build market share, a new study has found.
They are pulling trash from Guanabara Bay, where the Games' sailing events will be held; mopping up standing water to minimize mosquito breeding; and ramping up a round-the-clock security operation — all while publicly expressing little worry about the unrest encircling them.
" For the online apparel retailer, ramping up sales to the Chinese market meant navigating longer purchase cycles.
Early on, cancer cells typically flourish by disabling DNA repair and ramping up the mutational frenzy.
China and South Korea, both of which operate state-of-the-art bases here, are ramping up their fishing of krill, the shrimplike crustaceans found in abundance in the Southern Ocean, while Russia recently thwarted efforts to create one of the world's largest ocean sanctuaries here.
Gilead has worked the political system to protect its windfall by ramping up its lobbying activities.
Australian producers BHP and Rio had been ramping up production, in an effort to win market share and drive high-cost producers out of business.
