Something small and sparkly will lighten your mood and lift your outfit without you feeling as though you are making the big statement.

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Rivera's declaration seemed to lift the mood in the Yankee clubhouse, which was historically bleak Thursday night.

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Christmas Day can be such an onslaught that I tend to favor wines that lift my mood, complement the food and inspire conversation.

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Clare Heydon, manager of Vom Foss in Royal Arcade, Cardiff, which sells oils, vinegars, spirits and liqueurs has experienced a lift in mood.

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Upbeat U.S. data failed to lift the mood in Europe.

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Using QR codes on in-store tent cards, posters and cup sleeves, customers could scan to add Starbucks as a friend, then send the company an emoticon to be rewarded with a customized song designed to lift their mood.

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Sprouse and others theorized in the early 1990s that drugs that blocked these self-defeating autoreceptors could create a faster impact by causing an immediate, long-lasting flow of serotonin that would lift a patient's mood in days.

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The kind of messy, absurdist movie that can lift you out of a crappy mood at least for a while.

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