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“This partnership does exactly that by using new technology to strengthen public transit, not replace it, making regional travel more seamless and giving people more ways to get where they need to go.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The cuts will be automatic unless Congress acts first to strengthen the system.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The legislation would strengthen their voice through representation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs also announced that France had agreed to start talks with Latvia about joining a French nuclear deterrence initiative and strengthen its military presence in Latvia.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

After my mom leaves, I head straight to the gym with Will, wanting to strengthen my weak lungs as much as I possibly can.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Boulter and Kartal were among a list of absentees from that squad - including Emma Raducanu, who is again missing through injury - but the pair's return to the line-up strengthens captain Anne Keothavong's side.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The result strengthens the idea that these fatty acids may carry meaningful information about identity rather than simply being unusual chemical byproducts.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys in a post on X thanked allies "whose presence helps protect our skies and strengthens our security".

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

This likely strengthens the case for the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark rate at its meeting this week, says Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Belinda Allen in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Snape hesitated, and then said, “I cannot tell. Maybe a year. There is no halting such a spell forever. It will spread eventually, it is the sort of curse that strengthens over time.”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

The expanded analysis strengthened the case that the unusual sediment structures were produced by earthquakes on both fault systems occurring close together in time.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Before a meeting of the Council next month, Infantino says he is also suggesting a consultation on "how Fifa's decision-making can be further strengthened".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

He said the company would instead invest in journalism that “is differentiated, consequential and difficult to replicate; reporting rooted in our communities and strengthened by sources, investigation, verification, context and judgment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

The overall energy of the trip and the relationships strengthened by shared experience are worth much more than the nickels and dimes you won’t miss in the long run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

We strengthened Wick so that he could infiltrate your shadow fellowship and take on the role of the Lucera; Or Lucero, in his case, one of the other Sorrows added.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

After rapidly intensifying, Polo was still strengthening into the afternoon, the center said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

"The company still has an opportunity to demonstrate accountability by strengthening safeguards, improving transparency and taking concrete action to help prevent similar tragedies in the future."

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

On Wednesday, Warsh said he and his colleagues were “hard-pressed” to find evidence of that, with the labor market strengthening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The findings suggest that thunderstorms developing near the lower level circulation may play a more active role in storm organization than simply serving as a visible sign that strengthening is underway.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

All along the Western Front, German armies worked at strengthening their positions, digging elaborate systems of trenches protected by barbed-wire entanglements and by batteries of machine guns and artillery.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman