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Maintaining an openness to people — and a willingness to strengthen connections with everyone from distant or estranged family members to friends, acquaintances and strangers — enables you to benefit from more social interaction.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

It wants us to stockpile canned food and drinking water, strengthen our civic resilience, and plan for the possibility of war.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“The Authority will strengthen internal controls around consultant travel, implement more rigorous documentation and approval requirements, and recover any improper costs identified,” the spokesperson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Those molecules helped repair the gut lining, reinforce the intestinal barrier, increase the production of protective mucus and strengthen antimicrobial defenses instead of driving additional inflammation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Purpose: To provide for a Family Reunion Program which helps preserve, enhance, and strengthen family ties that have been disrupted as a result of incarceration.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Denmark's Prime Minister said the deal "strengthens security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic area" but did not address specifics in the agreement that Trump mentioned in a social media post.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys in a post on X thanked allies "whose presence helps protect our skies and strengthens our security".

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

The extension bill, AB 1847, strengthens the deferral language so borrowers have greater certainty about their repayment options when they exit the program, Harabedian’s office noted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Morgan Stanley says the deeper alliance strengthens MediaTek’s position in AI infrastructure and could improve its chances of winning a second or even third cloud-service provider as a customer for its custom-chip business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

It strengthens my belly, where the scar is.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

He said the company would instead invest in journalism that “is differentiated, consequential and difficult to replicate; reporting rooted in our communities and strengthened by sources, investigation, verification, context and judgment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Other work has strengthened the case that communication between the hypothalamus and the rest of the body can influence aging.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Google’s lead in search has strengthened and AI is leading to new growth, an Evercore ISI analyst notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, Gray will start again somewhere else, hopefully strengthened by the experience of how brutal football management can be at times.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Such distress upset and frightened him, but it also strengthened his conviction that Philadelphia had brought it all on itself.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

One of those was International IDEA, an intergovernmental organization based in Stockholm and devoted to supporting and strengthening democracy around the world.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

In recent weeks, the Houthis have seized territory, including an island in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, strengthening their ability to interfere with Saudi Red Sea oil shipments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

A Nanos opinion poll from April suggests more than four in five Canadians favour strengthening ties with the EU.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Their scale may make fixed testing and compliance costs easier to absorb than they would be for smaller laboratories, potentially strengthening their positions even as AI projects take longer to generate returns.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

And gradually, he became aware that the light was strengthening.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer