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Let’s celebrate that, even as we gird for more battles to come.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

For Jones and his salvation army it's a day to gird the loins and fight back.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

Doing so would help investors gird against volatility that might follow.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026

Part of the point of the book is to tell people with Hollywood dreams that they’ll need to gird themselves emotionally and physically for the work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

‘At least we may yet be avenged. Let us gird ourselves and weep no more! Come! We have a long road, and much to do.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Meanwhile, China’s leaders don’t want to be a junior partner to the West and have girded the economy to be more self-reliant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Tynecastle rubbed its eyes and then girded its loins.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026

Los Angeles County girded for a final day of red flag fire weather warnings Friday, before a day of relief amid the historic devastation of firestorms that hit the nation’s most populous county.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025

European shares closed higher, led higher by mining stocks as investors girded themselves for the U.S.

From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2023

When I was sure my absence would not be noted, I slipped behind the pillars that girded the hall, keeping to the shadows until I stood beside Hamlet.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

While software stocks on the list like Zoom, Okta and the Trade Desk have strong numbers, they are girding for a widely expected battle with AI.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

With daylight-saving time set to begin this Sunday, Americans will once again be girding themselves for the “spring forward” ritual of setting their clocks an hour ahead and potentially losing some sleep.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026

After about 25 minutes he clambered back aboard the ship, girding for another long voyage the rest of the way across the ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

The night concluded with an enthusiastic performance by Doja Cat on an outdoor stage in the shadow of the David Geffen Galleries, the lights girding its massive concrete underbelly like stars in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2025

Cora imagined the posses massing in the woods, girding themselves for a dash into the field.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

And at the center is Finland, a country of just 5.4 million people, girt by the sea and lashed by the wind.

From The New Yorker ● May 12, 2015

Fellow passengers took small note of the droopy, bedraggled mustache, the old fashioned spectacles, the somewhat scrawny neck girt by a casual tie.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus girt with logic, Leon Henderson still had no price weapon last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

To prevent injury or death in case of such a mishap the 20-lb. rotor is girt by an 800-lb. steel shell, 5 in. thick.

From Time Magazine Archive

Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien