gird
Example Sentences
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For Jones and his salvation army it's a day to gird the loins and fight back.
From BBC
The U.S. oil giant has cut $15 billion from its structural costs in recent years, girding its balance sheet for times of lower oil prices.
Doing so would help investors gird against volatility that might follow.
From MarketWatch
Discovery, you might want to turn your attention east — to Europe, where regulators are girding to take an early look at any such deal.
From Los Angeles Times
The world’s pre-eminent military power must rethink its tried-and-tested tools and tactics even as it girds for one of its most vexing challenges since World War II: potential great-power conflict with China.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
