strengthen
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I am excited, because that means high-tempo, high pressing and playing on the front foot, but that's why it's even more important they sign reinforcements to strengthen their defence.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“I’m urging the Canadian government to recognize that California doesn’t agree with these tariff wars, to lift these restrictions and increase consumer options to strengthen both our economies.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Here are four of Burbank’s favorite static and dynamic exercises to help you strengthen your balance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The fact that this issue first arose last year should strengthen his case, not weaken it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
In an effort to strengthen my case, I said, "My mother's on the list."
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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Tai chi strengthens the lower-body and builds postural and core muscles — the body’s deep stabilizing muscles — though it does so gently, over time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
That AI momentum "strengthens our confidence in our long-term growth potential", Li said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
“The Roth-conversion opportunity was always the best use case for funding these accounts, aside from the free $1,000. This new guidance definitely strengthens that case,” said Jon Lapp of Haven Financial Advisors.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
“This facility expands our production capacity, strengthens our supply chain, and enhances our ability to serve growing demand in the United States and around the world,” said Stacey Kennedy, chief executive of Philip Morris U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
For the student, music not only strengthens emotional and cognitive development, but also allows a new outlet of expression, and a new means of learning through listening and making sound.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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And the way they've strengthened brilliantly states the league isn't their only objective this season.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
"The deputy minister for women's health has made improving abortion services one of this year's priorities as part of a strengthened women's health plan", a spokesperson added.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Lala strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Saturday, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, as it approached the southern end of the Big Island.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
In his first year as Honest’s CFO, Curtiss Bruce strengthened the company’s consumer-packaged-goods capabilities by hiring talent with expertise in areas including sales forecasting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
To you alone I will confide that on that night I shall be sixty miles north of here, for we must have all our forts sufficiently strengthened so as...
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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They said new measures had been introduced to help deaf patients, including strengthening awareness and accessibility arrangements to ensure patients' communication needs were better met.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
"We are significantly strengthening our ability to respond to hostile drones," German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said at the opening of the centre, which will focus on detecting and identifying unmanned aerial vehicles.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
With the departure of All-American Makai Lemon and fellow receiver Ja’Kobi Lane to the NFL, Maiava has focused on strengthening his connection with his current group of receivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It also comes at a time when strengthening the U.S. supplier industrial base is a national priority, making workforce stability, production capacity, and the ability to sustain critical technologies more important than ever.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Listening to the rain plinking against the gravestones, I stared at our tarp roof that was swaying in the strengthening wind.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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