shore
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And it is still, for me and for the strangers arriving on its shore, the difference between drowning and being born.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
U.S. and Japanese authorities confirmed joint intervention to shore up the yen last week, which had caused the dollar to weaken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Syafii said a rescue ship was deployed Monday to carry out a final search and should return to shore Tuesday morning.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
When Jackie was rescued from the shore of Big Bear Lake weeks ago, she was underweight and disheveled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
It occurred to him that if his strength gave out before he reached shore, he could always hang on to a different tree or another stump or something else that was floating.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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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
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
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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Since then, emergency work has consisted of installing temporary shoring and reinforcement beams, the mayor explained.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Lopez spent the next three years along with her fellow progressive Santa Ana council members shoring up the city’s rent control policies and its immigrant defense fund.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
He called Malone for help shoring up his balance sheet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
The French auto parts supplier said the deal allows it to sharpen focus on high value-added, technology-driven activities, while shoring up its balance sheet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Within weeks, they began streaming onto the Korean Peninsula, shoring up the battered remnants of the South Korean forces and joining the battle against North Korea.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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