fortifying
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City officials have been frantically preparing for Rachel, building sand berms and fortifying vulnerable areas with sandbags.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Mr. Warrick revisits the outlaw, fortifying the story with declassified Central Intelligence Agency cables, police depositions and his own interview with Ramírez.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
These includes fortifying homes against wildfires, replanting fire-ravaged forests and thinning out vegetation with prescribed burns, goat grazing and manual thinning with heavy machinery to reduce the intensity of potential fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Nearly as many said they were fortifying the grid against severe weather.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
The birches and wild grasses vibrated with impossible color after their time in the burned land, Edenic and fortifying.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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