harden

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

The impact of this, he said, is Israeli troops "having to move more cautiously, harden positions, use physical protective measures such as nets and cages, and devote more attention to immediate local defence".

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

Inflation will test him almost immediately, and numbers well above the Fed’s target could force the committee to harden its language faster than he would prefer, narrowing his room to maneuver.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

But if you grabbed too late, the cookie would harden before you could even complete the first bend.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

In civic life, disagreement often leads to separation, which hardens into division.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

“If a well stays shut too long, it could clog up, and the oil hardens a bit. Then it would take even longer before they can start it back up,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

"Reject every form of abuse or violence, which deceives by promising easy gains but hardens the heart and makes it insensitive," he said.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

To control when and where it hardens, the researchers added two specialized molecules.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026

I look over at Dad, whose expression hardens.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

Before Tom gives the hardened ex-con an earful of what for, he and Anna are shocked silent when their cat strolls into Max’s kitchen.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

"I'm a hardened scientist, but it's even warmed the cockles of my heart," McCormack said.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

I’d heard of the Insight Meditation Society through several friends, all hardened journo types who’d come through the other side intact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Sticking to largely sycophantic media who lobbed softball questions hardened his ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

They made circles, and curlicues, and squiggledy things, and these hardened at once and were candy.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

It marks a wider trend of governments hardening their stance on undocumented migration, with many, including the UK and Italy, adopting measures aimed at deterring it.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

UV light is used for air purification, curing resins in 3D printing, hardening gels in dental fillings, and even applications such as nail treatments.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

The head of Nevada’s welfare department, George Miller, was hardening his agency into a national model for a more-aggressive approach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

In another sign of its hardening stance, North Korea deleted all references to uniting the divided peninsula from its constitution, an AFP review of the latest version this week showed.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

I was kicked again under the table and, looking, saw Frances, Robert's lady, her chin lifting and her face hardening.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway