strengthen
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City Council Speaker Julie Menin told reporters she wanted to strengthen New York's building codes and regulations after the collapse.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Gesuale wrote that catching both of Starship’s stages would strengthen his confidence in SpaceX’s ability to launch more rockets more quickly.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that the current El Niño continues to strengthen and will likely remain strong through March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Finding ways to strengthen muscle repair without encouraging abnormal growth would be an important goal for future therapies.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
Every morning we do exercises to strengthen our bodies.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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Oleksandr reads out a prayer of thanks for surviving another day – he says it strengthens their spirits.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
"I think it's very important that the Pope came because it strengthens the Church's presence in our country," 22-year-old Ivanna Fisichella, who attended the mass, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
This compression strengthens its internal magnetic field, which in turn provides additional pressure that helps counteract gravity.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Dimon temporarily chairs the Alliance for Critical Infrastructure, a coalition of about 50 companies that vets open-source code and strengthens security across a range of sectors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
“Goblin-made armor does not require cleaning, simple girl. Goblins’ silver repels mundane dirt, imbibing only that which strengthens it.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Under Foreign Office guidance, the case for such involvement is strengthened when families request assistance and there are credible concerns about the circumstances of the death, as there were in Rebekah's case.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
When combined with measurements of the cosmic microwave background, supernovae, and weak gravitational lensing, the results strengthened earlier indications that dark energy might not behave like a fixed cosmological constant.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
Its balance sheet strengthened, and it ended the quarter with net cash of $900 million against $30 million as of the end of the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Chan said she was “deeply grateful” to Pelosi “for her trust and for four decades of extraordinary service that have strengthened San Francisco and our country.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
A near full moon shone above the trees and chill penetrated as though brilliance strengthened it.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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Management touted improvements from the turnaround strategy, called Dave’s Way, focused on strengthening restaurant traffic and profits.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
The number of jobs the U.S. added in October, in a sign that the labor market could be strengthening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Priscott told members they plan to "invest in Gloucestershire's future – strengthening our club identity as we pursue our top-eight ambition, while creating a distinct Bristol-based T20 team to reach a new audience."
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
"Renewables ... are not only one of the most effective tools for tackling climate change, but also an important means of strengthening energy security and reducing dependence on foreign supplies," he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Will sensed it all and felt the atoms of the metal linking each to each across the fracture, forming new crystals again, strengthening and straightening themselves in the invisible lattice as the join came good.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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