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buttress

[buh-tris] / ˈbʌ trɪs /




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Millions will be spent to regild the hulking Art Deco statues that buttress Arlington Memorial Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

How to buttress the yen is another matter.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

F-15Es have long rotated through Jordan and sending additional jets would buttress U.S. air capabilities in several ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Basically, since getting sworn in to the role, Patel has used a Gulfstream jet owned by the agency to buttress his vacation time.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

They lay now peering over the edge of a rocky hollow beneath the outstretched shadow of the northmost buttress of Ephel Dúath.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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