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Example Sentences
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Prices for oil contracts as far out as 12 months’ time are rising, in a sign traders are bracing for extended disruption.
From Barron's
Now CNN staffers, speaking on the condition of anonymity, are bracing for upheaval.
From Los Angeles Times
I take a couple of deep breaths and brace myself.
From Literature
Ms. Millet is efficient and empathetic in her prose, but her message—that we must reckon with environmental catastrophe and our own moral complacency—blows through this novel like its own bracing storm.
That means stable interest revenue at a time when shareholders are bracing for falling rates.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
