braced

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Banks have increasingly braced for the threat that stablecoins become widely adopted, especially if crypto firms are able to siphon deposits from banks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Buckingham Palace is already braced for the reduction of the Sovereign Grant.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

While Meta has already cut around 2,000 workers in two smaller rounds of layoffs already this year, employees had been braced for weeks for a much deeper cut, as the BBC previously reported.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

However, they also braced themselves for more disruption.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

He braced himself for Chess to push him and Emma off the bed.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix