beefed up
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Jacksonville might be the best team in the AFC and it just beefed up its defense at the trade deadline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
In recent years, Pyongyang has beefed up its border fortifications, laying new land mines, constructing new walls and building antitank barriers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Willis' all-action game would have beefed up England's anaemic Six Nations.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Trackers have really evolved, and beefed up on artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
This tally of instruments, occasionally beefed up by timpani and trumpets, was the template for the classical orchestra as used by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and their contemporaries.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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