bolstered

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While poorer consumers struggle to budget for higher energy prices, their higher-income peers feel bolstered by stock market gains.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Relying on a diffuse group of token holders bolstered Polymarket’s argument that it was an offshore platform outside the scope of U.S. regulation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Big energy returns bolstered a blockbuster corporate-earnings season and added momentum to the artificial-intelligence-led rally that has pushed the stock market to records.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Those efforts could be bolstered by the governor’s race, which features prominent Latino candidates, including former U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Dad was a perpetual optimist, confident that brains someday would triumph over inanimate steel; bolstered in the belief that he entered the fray with clean hands and a pure heart.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey