harden

"There's a Korean proverb that says, 'after the rain, the ground hardens'."

In the decades since the Oslo Accords, Israeli narratives have hardened, armed Palestinian groups have strengthened, and the control of the Palestinian Authority government has been eaten away.

They’re dismissing those who attend as deluded cultists, hardening hearts on each side even more.

What had been promised as a program to rid the country of hardened criminals was, right out of the gate, proven to be a sham.

They recommended several measures, including legislatures working to “prevent emergency powers from hardening into permanent authority.”