bracing
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Several council members were also bracing for for tough campaigns.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
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
U.S. cattle ranchers and hog farmers have spent months bracing for the screwworm—which is spread by flies laying eggs in open wounds of warm-blooded animals—to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
He hugged the trunk again, bracing himself against the wind.
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
Vocabulary lists containing bracing
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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Scythe
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