braces
Example Sentences
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Whenever the wind blows northwest from Belarus, Lithuania braces for problems.
From BBC
That's how Hollywood's creative workers describe the fall of the once mighty Warner Bros, as Netflix and Paramount battle to buy the historic studio and tinsel town braces for more upheaval and job losses.
From BBC
Ramsden, who learned under legendary Green Bay Packers trainer Pepper Burruss, was something of a mad scientist with the casts and braces he would craft for Hasselbeck on a weekly basis.
From Los Angeles Times
Barbara Kepner recalled that the last day she saw her granddaughter alive, the teenager had complained about her braces bothering her.
From BBC
Merck has agreed to pay a hefty premium for a biotech making a new flu prevention drug, as it braces for the expiration of the patents protecting its top-selling cancer treatment Keytruda.
From Barron's
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