bracing
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Ella Gude, head of fixed income at BNY Investments Newton, said bond traders could be bracing for higher consumer prices, even as yields have come off their highs.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Indians are bracing for summer, with temperatures expected to cross 45C in some parts of the country.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
The entire industry is bracing for the possibility of missed games for the first time since the strike of 1994.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
At the historic Bikita Minerals, the country's largest lithium mine, workers were bracing for a thin paycheque, with wages linked to production targets, and some were on forced leave, a worker said, also anonymously.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
He gained control of himself by falling against a man and a woman, bracing his fall against their shoulders.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing bracing
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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