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Romania, which had a robust Russia-sympathetic electorate in the years immediately following Russia’s invasion, has seen popular sentiment harden against Moscow following a series of drone incursions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

He said that evidence from a U.S. bout of high inflation in the 1970s shows that a series of shocks that raise prices can harden over time into permanently higher inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

The projections harden into commitments that become harder to walk back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Already, the excess heat in the tank has caused the MMA to harden and clog the failing tank’s valves, rendering it impossible for crews to drain the dangerous chemical or add stabilizing agents, Freeman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

The floor of the forest was soft to walk on; the frost did not harden it as it did the road.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

Taken together, the list of woes hardens the image of a chronically broke city whose administration often struggles to reliably provide services for its almost four million people.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

The UK "hardens stance on Israel" is how the Guardian frames the expected announcement on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Lava flowing from a volcano eventually cools and hardens into rock, while water in a lake can freeze into ice during a cold winter.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

To do it, Mars blends sugar, cocoa and other ingredients into a mixture that hardens into the candy’s solid core.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

The Augur’s face hardens, and she and the Commandant lock eyes, a silent and fierce battle of wills.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Amid statues and posters of the Virgen de Guadalupe was a rosary that a man had made of hardened bread during his months in an immigration detention facility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Although I’m quite a religious flosser, she always gets out the pickax and starts hacking away bits of hardened plaque,” he said on a video call from his superyacht, Nahlin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Hrgovic, hardened by the kind of difficult nights Itauma had never experienced, simply stayed there and waited for the younger man's body to betray him.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

This high-temperature firing process works somewhat like baking clay in a kiln, causing the zirconia particles to fuse together and form a dense, hardened material.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

Doctors would un-squish my nose, and raise the bridge and narrow it, so it didn’t look quite so much like a lump of clay that had hardened before it could be properly shaped.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

He said he would seek to leverage tax dollars to help communities better prepare for wildfires, creating buffers and hardening structures because of wildfires that will inevitably occur in certain communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

His remarks came after Washington and Tehran had issued demands for compensation over the five-month war, hardening their positions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

"Iran's work there has likely centred around continued internal excavation and hardening of the facility that would provide further protection against aerial attacks."

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

To be sure, Russia has adapted by improving electronic warfare, hardening facilities, expanding drone production and developing new glide-bomb tactics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

“Now this won’t do,” said John, hardening his heart against the engaging little sinner.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott