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For India, in particular, the summit offers an opportunity to strengthen its claim to leadership of the global south.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

California beach communities are expected to see rising sea levels in the coming weeks as El Niño continues to strengthen, with more sand erosion and damage possible, according to new data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Gov. Ron DeSantis last week said the state was investing nearly $23 million to strengthen the state’s defense industrial base, pushing to capture a portion of the defense tech boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called on Europe to develop its own crewed spaceflight capability within a decade as part of a broader push to strengthen the continent's space sector.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

For the rest of the season, Aimee worked with me to strengthen my performance on bars and to push my degree of difficulty and consistency in all my routines.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

In an earlier study, researchers at Leipzig University had already found that activation with AP503 also strengthens skeletal muscle.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

If the yen suddenly strengthens further — like what happened in recent days — investors could be forced to unwind those positions rapidly.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

“That kind of capability directly disrupts the operational advantage these transnational criminal organizations rely on, and it strengthens our ability to protect both Texas communities and the broader region,” he said in an email.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

“The acquisition expands our scale in the Permian Midland Basin, advances our integrated wellhead-to-water strategy and strengthens connectivity across our natural gas and NGL value chain,” said Chief Executive Pierce Norton II.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

A truly self-reliant person finds his weak link and strengthens it.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

On currency markets, the yen strengthened to around 153.50 per dollar after seeing Tuesday's rally -- which saw it within a whisker of its 2026 high -- pared towards the end of the day.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

In Ventura County, public works crews have said they are sending teams out to identify vulnerable coastal locations to see if they can be strengthened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

During the carry-trade unwind in the summer of 2024, the yen strengthened by 13% against the dollar in two months.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The Japanese yen strengthened to a one-month high against the dollar, amid chatter that authorities could again intervene in foreign-exchange markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

I push aside the curtains and see the snowstorm has strengthened to a full-out blizzard.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

This week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills aimed at strengthening transparency requirements for the leading AI companies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The data comes as a strengthening El Nino pattern, expected to be the most intense in decades, begins to unleash extreme weather across much of the globe.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Robin Brooks, senior economist at the Brookings Institution, thinks the “current strengthening of the yen has all the signs of hidden intervention,” meaning that authorities may have intervened more than they publicly have let on.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Iraola believes Liverpool have "good numbers" in midfield despite not strengthening that position over the summer following Curtis Jones' move to Inter Milan.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

I couldn’t explain how to get through, I just followed the strengthening drumbeat and turned where it felt right—and it always was.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith