shore up
Example Sentences
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On an earnings call last month, Citigroup executives moved to assure investors that the bank was making progress on shoring up its operations.
By borrowing to spend, the chancellor and prime minister have shored up their immediate position in parliament and it appears to put to bed the shocking doubts about passing their budgets.
From BBC
US defence authorities have in recent years directed large sums towards shoring up domestic production -- part of efforts to achieve a "mine-to-magnet" supply chain by 2027.
From Barron's
While China’s long-term AI goals are no less ambitious than the U.S. tech titans, its near-term priority is to shore up its role as the world’s factory floor for decades to come.
Tabatabai focused quickly on shoring up Hezbollah’s forces in southern Lebanon and directed fighters to operate in small cells to better survive a future conflict with Israel, Arab officials said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
