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Management broadly painted an optimistic view of next year, when it expects that companies and governments will look to replenish their inventories and solidify new supply connections as the war reshapes energy markets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

If a furnace stops working, the molten metal will cool and solidify.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

It also raises the possibility that Comcast could potentially acquire Charter Communications to solidify itself as the top provider in the U.S.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

A deal would help Italian lender Intesa solidify an already strong position in its domestic market while bolstering its wealth-management, corporate and investment banking and consumer-finance businesses, RBC says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Inch by inch, Clare saw his fate solidify.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Dariely Rodriguez, chief counsel at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said that the ruling "solidifies what we have known to be true for over a hundred years".

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

OpenAI officially announcing plans to go public solidifies that this is shaking up to be a year marked by the largest IPOs in Wall Street’s history.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

And on Wednesday, he secured his financial future by signing a $140 million contract extension that solidifies him as the Pittsburgh Pirates’ shortstop for the next nine years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

As the liquid solidifies, the particles lock into precise positions, forming a regular and repeating spatial structure -- a crystal.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025

But for some reason, hearing Autumn say it in a garden that pulls the unfiltered truth out of you … it just solidifies what I already knew.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

As a manager, he returned to Newcastle in 1992 and solidified his position as a Tyneside legend when he led the Toon to second place in 1995-96.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Large groups of these intrusions, called dike swarms, can preserve a record of intense volcanic activity long after the magma has solidified.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

The idea of “Japan” as a nation solidified only in modern times, “when people started identifying with the nation, rather than their village or their clan.”

From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026

And so Washington’s authority was solidified when Lee, clad in a shirt and slippers, was surprised in a New Jersey tavern and captured.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Those two actions effectively solidified the dominance of South Korea in the wig market.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Chinese carmakers recorded another jump in European monthly sales in June, solidifying their position as mighty competitors for local auto companies that are seeking to reinvigorate growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Shares of Micron rose 19% on Tuesday, solidifying the country’s largest homegrown chip maker as the latest flag-bearer of the semiconductor rally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

In recent months, China has been solidifying sanctions and other restrictions and widening enforcement to use against companies or people acting in ways it sees as contrary to its interests.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

Even three weeks into the conflict, Matejka and team were advising clients that oversold signals had begun to appear and their conviction in that view appears to be solidifying.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

The silence between the Weasleys seemed to be solidifying, like ice.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling