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“We really bolstered up our state election law expertise,” said Catherine Kim, executive vice president for editorial at NBC News.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2024

Another fan bolstered up those who had fallen, and pushed the sunburned man back.

From New York Times Aug. 18, 2013

The White House cautiously bolstered up this belief by hints that the recovery of Business and Industry after the stockmarket crash was being retarded by the tariff.

From Time Magazine Archive

How the increased "in come from securities owned" has bolstered up the Woolworth net is shown in the table below.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beechy, his face white, his hair redder and more rampant than ever, called eagerly from the open window at which he sat bolstered up in a chair.

From The Trail of Conflict by Emilie Baker Loring




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