buttress

Pant hooting and buttress drumming are both part of the male chimpanzee display, suggesting that accumulative stone throwing might represent a modification of this common behavior.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

To buttress their argument that an expert cannot be used as a back channel for “inadmissible hearsay,” they pointed to a nonexistent 2021 case brought by the government.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Since then, the FAA has been able to buttress staffing levels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

It’s just the latest sign that the launch of a whole ecosystem of ETFs has done little to buttress bitcoin against the whims of mercurial investors.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

She landed on a curving ivory buttress and rode it like a skateboarder grinding a railing.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The RF’s is a “buttress” roof form, connoting the “flying” buttresses of Gothic architecture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

The manuscript reveals a gothic, green castle, with decadent arches, spires and buttresses — the very castle on the stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025

That buttresses what Cohen will say: There’s no way that Trump signed a series of $35,000 checks to Cohen without knowing and intending them to be reimbursement for Cohen’s payment to Daniels.

From Slate ● May 8, 2024

The ruling this month further buttresses Washington’s Climate Commitment Act against future legal challenges, Carlyle said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

They acted as temporary flying buttresses until the stone arch was complete.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay

Its supply is believed to have been buttressed over the last year by advanced Akinci combat models.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

Strong performances from major franchises including an "Avatar" tie-in game and juggernaut "Assassin's Creed" buttressed struggling French games giant Ubisoft's third-quarter results, the company said Thursday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Our rigorous expectations haven’t changed, and student performance has increased as we’ve buttressed resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

As investors enter the home stretch of 2025, the mindset is still skewed toward risk-on, buttressed by three unofficial “puts” that they believe establish a floor for risk-asset prices.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025

After a while, without saying anything, I went to the side of the road and lay down on a pile of damp leaves between the tall, buttressed roots of a kapok tree.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Its form is that of the catenary curve, the most perfect shape for an arch, and the only one that requires no buttressing from the side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Without an endowment, there’s no steady stream of cash buttressing the ups and downs.

From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2024

Disney shares have gained more than 30% this year, buttressing the company’s argument that Iger is getting things on the right track.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

Xi said China was open to buttressing cooperation within the U.N. and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation framework and safeguard the interests of developing countries.

From Reuters ● Oct. 20, 2023

I built a little fire between the buttressing roots of a big mountain oak, but still my toes and fingers were numb.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart