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The commitments from senior management and an influential figure like Ma, who is no longer on the company’s board, helped to shore up Alibaba’s foundering share price.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Nvidia is increasingly stepping in to shore up potential weak points across the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
A barn owl was rescued by a group of soldiers after it was seen struggling 70 miles from shore.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Stuck in traffic on Interstate 84 on a Friday afternoon in August, driving toward the New Jersey shore, Rasmussen floated the idea of filling the channel with nothing but sports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
As soon as Nicole reached shore they’d have to move quickly or they’d be back in the water with the gators.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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They shored up the building's foundations with wood and steel to prevent the partially destroyed structure from collapsing further.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
They’d loved hiking the Great Wall of China and participating in 150-mile bike rides, and had shored up their finances to retire early.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
The Dodgers shored up the bullpen over the winter, signing three-time all-star Edwin Díaz to a three-year, $69-million contract.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026
Surprisingly resilient consumer spending shored up an uncertain economic backdrop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
They sleep in a once stately Old World suite with the furniture shored up against the walls and chicken feathers clogging the marble sinks and newspapers tacked clumsily across the windows.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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As the company worked on shoring up its manufacturing capacity, a cultural shift was under way that neither Novo nor Lilly predicted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Temporary shoring and beams have been completely installed on floors 18 through 23, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Since then, emergency work has consisted of installing temporary shoring and reinforcement beams, the mayor explained.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
As a method of coping and of shoring up the land, Ragusa enlisted a Sierra Madre company called Hardy Californians to plant a remediation seed mix across her lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Ambrose Spike had reported some minor splintering at the top inside edges of the door, but the shoring of earthworks was holding out.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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