bracing

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Although results largely met expectations, they avoided the worst-case scenarios some investors might have been bracing for.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The result is bright, bracing and deeply satisfying — the sort of meal that tastes like it should cost considerably more than it did.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

There was bracing Pep-O-Mint, cool Wint-O-Green, sharp Spear-O-Mint, clear Crysto Mint and festive Stik-O-Pep, speckled red and white like a candy cane.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Stankova said her colleagues were bracing for sharp criticism.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

For almost a decade, I’d been privileged to move through it, experiencing its bracing contradictions and bitter conflicts, its pain and persistent idealism, and above all else its resilience.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama