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To borrow a favorite buzz word of executives across baseball, they’ll be opportunistic, as they look for ways to solidify the roster for the stretch run and into the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

Management broadly painted an optimistic view of next year, when it expects that companies and governments will look to replenish their inventories and solidify new supply connections as the war reshapes energy markets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

The northern region, which Woodard calls "Yankeeland", is rooted in the early Puritan settlers who fled religious persecution in Europe, with later additions of Germans and Scandinavian settlers helping to solidify a pluralistic outlook.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

It also raises the possibility that Comcast could potentially acquire Charter Communications to solidify itself as the top provider in the U.S.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

“My dad, Sookie, and me,” I said, feeling guilty that I hadn’t invited Mr. Patterson, even though the plans for the road trip had only started to solidify twenty seconds earlier.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Dariely Rodriguez, chief counsel at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said that the ruling "solidifies what we have known to be true for over a hundred years".

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

But OpenAI officially revealing plans to go public solidifies that this is shaking up to be a year marked by the largest IPOs in Wall Street’s history.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

Before it solidifies, it fills small gaps and uneven areas where oxygen levels tend to be lowest and infection risk highest.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2026

Adding Google to Fervo’s roster of investors is an endorsement that solidifies the yearslong partnership between the two companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

I knew it wasn’t—I knew it wasn’t—but this second call solidifies that.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

As a manager, he returned to Newcastle in 1992 and solidified his position as a Tyneside legend when he led the Toon to second place in 1995-96.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Large groups of these intrusions, called dike swarms, can preserve a record of intense volcanic activity long after the magma has solidified.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

The idea of “Japan” as a nation solidified only in modern times, “when people started identifying with the nation, rather than their village or their clan.”

From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026

In 2021, months after Citigroup appointed Fraser as CEO, JPMorgan solidified Lake and Piepszak’s status as CEO front-runners by elevating them to run its sprawling consumer-banking operation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

As I continued down the hallway, other students began to materialize in front of their lockers, ghostly apparitions that rapidly solidified.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

In 2017, Hollywood’s Sunset Square was named a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, solidifying its place in L.A.’s architectural history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

This summer, the app is expected to reach $8 billion in lifetime revenue, the company says, solidifying “Monopoly Go!” as Scopely’s biggest game and far surpassing the company’s popular “Pokémon Go.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

AI giant is solidifying its Claude Partner Network to help demonstrate ‘durability of revenue’ as it nears going public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The billionaire investor, now 95, added that highlighting how you want others to remember you can give you a blueprint for avoiding mistakes and solidifying your reputation.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

The other Tidemaker did the same, features liquefying, but then solidifying once more, his face gray, speckled with bits of metal.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo