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The measure would also allow for more community engagement to help residents better harden their neighborhoods and businesses, Cosgrove said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 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

When plaque builds up, it can harden into tartar and trigger chronic gum inflammation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The nose would harden, and the ears would get stiff.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

One good outcome would be that Mr. Jensen’s fall hardens Congress’s resolve to close loopholes in export controls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

This is the thing I need people to see before the celebration hardens into a story we tell ourselves.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

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

An angry knot hardens inside my gut, and a headache punches its way up my neck and into my temples.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Over time, those fine particles hardened into the mudstone formations Perseverance is now exploring.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

And she was particularly concerned about children on e-bikes being "exploited" by hardened criminals.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

But each time a home is lost, or, God forbid, a loved one, it wears down even the most hardened Malibu resident a little bit more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Sharpton said that mattered because most voters were not hardened political activists.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

This is the scenario that he had thought about and talked about and that had hardened in his mind.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Army in Europe, agreed that reinforcing deterrence will have to become a key policy—as well as a series of adaptations, such as hardening air bases, dispersing forces and making them more mobile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The other project, led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will use a module attached to the International Space Station to investigate a technique for hardening carbon tubes in space.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

But the hardening fist of forced conscription also reveals the junta's empty hand, and its desperation for manpower.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

“Unless we’re going to stop building in these landscapes, and that’s unlikely ... it means we have to start building and retroactively hardening these communities,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Now she would be part girl, part hardening gray sludge.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu