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If indeed they found their gold reserves to be a useful source of liquidity during a crisis, that would actually reinforce the case for it as a reserve asset, notwithstanding the short-term price reaction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

When pro-voting-rights groups lobby Congress, they reinforce a broad understanding of the 14th and 15th amendments.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 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

“Aramco’s price cuts reinforce market concerns about oversupply and the potential for a price war, as Middle Eastern supply is recovering faster than demand,” said Muyu Xu, senior crude oil analyst at Kpler.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Now seemed like a good time to reinforce that, so I grabbed her arm and said, “Don’t! They’ll be able to pinpoint us too easily!”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

“If anything this reinforces the impetus to invest in other pathways as quickly as possible.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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

She reinforces her force field with intent and bares her teeth.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

Those columns might not have been properly reinforced to support additions to the top floors, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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

The lower windows were all boarded up on either side of the hallway, done professionally with sheets of reinforced plywood, backed with crossed two-by-fours.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Treasury yields rose as hostilities in the Middle East escalated, lifting oil prices, reinforcing reinforce market expectations of a Fed rate hike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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

Removal protection was one of the mutually reinforcing design features of independent agencies that promoted stability and bipartisanship.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 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