beefed up
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Jacksonville might be the best team in the AFC and it just beefed up its defense at the trade deadline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
A company called Bear-ier Solutions recently beefed up her wiring after a bear surprised Ziegler when she returned with balloons in hand on her 91st birthday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
He himself lives in London, where Cohere recently beefed up its offices.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Willis' all-action game would have beefed up England's anaemic Six Nations.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
This tally of instruments, occasionally beefed up by timpani and trumpets, was the template for the classical orchestra as used by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and their contemporaries.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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