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Manufacturers facing higher costs and shortages then cut production and jobs, feeding a cycle in which recession and inflation reinforce each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

These updates reinforce management’s confidence in meeting its goal to return at least 12% adjusted earnings per share growth in 2027, compared with 2026, Chief Executive Gail Boudreaux said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Iran's Tasnim news agency reported on Friday that a Qatari delegation was visiting Iran to "try to reinforce Qatar's role as a mediator".

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

There would be no better opposition against whom to reinforce their improvement.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

To reinforce the point, Dr. Strayer described the concept of “inattention blindness,” in which lack of attention can cause someone to not see what’s going on around them.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

If management raises its expected margin again, that reinforces the idea that Netflix is becoming more like a highly profitable media-services company rather than simply a streamer.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Davies hopes the documentary raises awareness of the harm caused by hidden spy cameras and reinforces that abuses of privacy and "consent should never be normalised".

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

“Individuals who perform work in these facilities are entitled to workplace safety protections, and this settlement reinforces Cal/OSHA’s commitment to enforcing those protections and safeguarding vulnerable workers,” she added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said on social media this week that the move reinforces a trend it has tracked for months.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Especially if every glance in a mirror reinforces it.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Nathan Berman, managing principal and founder of MetroLoft, said that the steel columns may have buckled because they hadn’t been properly reinforced to support the extra weight of the new additions to the property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

By all reports, he certainly reinforced the president’s inclination to join Israel in attacking Iran this past February.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

That reinforced a "reasonable assumption" that it was "almost exclusively" entities connected to UniCredit that were accepting the offer, Commerzbank said in June.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

It reinforced my feeling that some host cities weren't fully connected to the tournament.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Along the way I encountered values that I accepted, primarily those that reinforced my early religious and community mores.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Renewed Middle East tensions likely drove up oil prices and stoked inflation concerns, reinforcing expectations of a more restrictive monetary policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

For Rahmstorf, the past shows the Atlantic can shift suddenly from one state to another, while the modern ocean is already showing warning signs of the system reinforcing its own decline.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

In general, these moves by Rockstar might prove enormously successful, reinforcing some of these problematic trends.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

Crews scooped out a pair of tunnels, reinforcing walls as they advanced.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

The women of Raskova’s regiments, with Soviet society reinforcing their heterosexual standards, felt that marriage was acceptable; but affairs were not.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein