harden
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Warsh has built his chairmanship around communicating less, arguing that central bankers talk too much and issue forecasts that harden into commitments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
"We may have to pace the rate of AI development to give ourselves enough time for society to harden around some of these new capability levels," Altman said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Artificial turf becomes intolerably hot, and the soil in natural grass can harden until it’s like playing on concrete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
She saw his cheeks color, his jaw harden.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Lava tubes form when the outer surface of flowing lava cools and hardens while molten rock continues moving beneath it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
His voice hardens when he speaks about the leak.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Before, Ahmad could tap — meaning to cut incisions in the acacia trees, which exude sap that a few weeks later hardens into nodules of Hashab gum — four orchards in one go.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
The surface beneath my feet hardens, and under the carpet of ash, I feel the paving stones of the square.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Unlike jet fighters, they are too big to be easily stored in a hangar or hardened shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Across the surrounding countryside, seepages resemble miniature volcanoes overflowing with crude and leaving hardened black trails.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
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
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
When he still did not shoot, Henry’s face hardened.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
Meanwhile, those that cleared vegetation from Zone Zero had a survival rate of 37%, and those with comprehensive home hardening and defensible space had a survival rate of 48%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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
Kirchner’s disappearance looms over what has become ground zero for a hardening resistance to the world’s hottest technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Sometimes people carried anger around for years, in a secret box inside their bodies, and it grew tighter like a hardening knot.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
