Prefer
Prefer verb - Promote over another.
Raise
Raise verb - To move from a lower to a higher place or position.
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- For added horror, they tend to prefer children and will also raise sentients on ranches the way humans raise cattle and pigs.
- He dislikes carrying a weapon because doing so sends the message "if I have to, I WILL fight you", while he would prefer to never raise the stakes that high in the first place.
Source: Evil Is Not Pacifist -
Power Girl and Black Canary seem to prefer him even over Batman, and the latter comments that he could "raise a pulse in a department store mannequin".
Source: Comic Book / Nightwing
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