reinforce
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The July employment report, due out Friday, is expected to reinforce the “low-hire, low-fire” nature of the labor market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
She says those physical sensations - including a heavy feeling in her chest, a racing heart and difficulty concentrating - can reinforce the symptoms of anxiety, creating a cycle that is difficult to break.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
According to the relativistic Euler equation, those two conditions reinforce each other and greatly increase the acceleration.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
"The Armed Forces will reinforce the Civil Guard in the exercise of its powers and any others that may be necessary to maintain security in the city of Ceuta," Spain's interior ministry said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
“I used seaweed to reinforce the walls on my lean-to,” Miss Montana chimed in.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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SpaceX’s emphasis on its allocation from Nvidia “further reinforces that the AI-compute shortage is unlikely to ease, even through 2027,” Slowinski said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The report itself reinforces that impression, declaring that it “represents the position of the National Academies.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“It reinforces the narrative of the Palisades, her being out of town,” said Fernando Guerra, a professor of political science and Chicana/o Latina/o studies at Loyola Marymount University.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
The discovery reinforces a growing view of human evolution as a long history of encounters and interbreeding among many related hominin populations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The fact that the source of this expression predates Newton and was picked up by him for his own purposes only reinforces Faulkner’s compelling argument.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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In Kinshasa, preparations for a possible Bundibugyo response are intensifying, with surveillance and rapid-response capacity being reinforced at Maluku, the city's main entry point.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Creating the Care-Based Services Division reinforced our belief that public safety is strongest when care-based services and enforcement work together.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The big move higher in the S&P 500 was likely reinforced by the negative-gamma positioning.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Turner said that while uncertainty around the outbreak initially weighed on demand, Taco Bell’s fast and transparent action reinforced trust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Through a web of laws, regulations, and informal rules, all of which are powerfully reinforced by social stigma, they are confined to the margins of mainstream society and denied access to the mainstream economy.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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She urged the EU to "double down" in five areas: preventing irregular migration in the first place via cooperation with partner states; strengthening external borders; implementing early warning systems; dismantling smuggling networks and reinforcing returns.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Sánchez, who has visited Ceuta after the migrant influx, said he would consider reinforcing the border with Morocco, and that Moroccan authorities were co-operating.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Military helicopters were reinforcing efforts on the ground to find the climbers and boost the operation in the challenging high-altitude environment, according to the club.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Taco Bell said its efforts were reinforcing consumer confidence in its food safety, and that it appreciated fans who have continued coming in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
He didn’t need a random crazy goddess reinforcing the idea.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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