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shore

[shawr, shohr] / ʃɔr, ʃoʊr /




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It is then pumped into a depleted oil field nearly 200 miles off shore.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

CoreWeave on Thursday also announced plans to raise $3 billion through a convertible-debt offering, which McPeake said shows the company “taking advantage” of a strong demand and pricing environment to shore up its balance sheet.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

“We need to thoroughly examine our vulnerabilities and our weaknesses . . . and we need to shore up those vulnerabilities and expect the unexpected and not be surprised by it.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

In some local scenarios, the first waves could reach shore in under 10 minutes.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

We were drifting quickly away from the shore.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

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

British consumers’ spending on food shored up revenue for U.K. retailers over a Christmas shopping season clouded by weak outlay on other goods.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

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 Nov. 26, 2025

Dirt from the road itself had been dug and shored up as a wall, blocking the way even further.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Meanwhile, Iran’s central bank governor, Abdolnaser Hemmati, said the U.S. had already done all that it can against Iran and that the central bank had been shoring up its foreign currency reserves for months.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Iran’s top politicians said the country must focus on ending the war and shoring up its economy, pushing back against hardliners.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

DUBAI—Iran’s top politicians said the country needs to focus on ending the war and shoring up its crippled economy, pushing back publicly against hardliners who are taking a more defiant approach in the six-month-old conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

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

The old fool of an Abbot and his stupid devoted band of creatures were all outside, shoring up gatehouses, drilling, fetching, carrying and generally being good and useful.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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