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shore

[shawr, shohr] / ʃɔr, ʃoʊr /




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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

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

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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