brace
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As employers brace for a fresh round of rising healthcare costs that outpace inflation, the stakes are getting higher for companies to contain spending on treatments such as popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
I brace my nervous system for the piercing shriek, let it play like my own little theme song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Democrats and Republicans alike ought to brace for impact.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
If you marry, brace yourself in case her SSI disappears.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
“I can get up onto the faucet all right,” he explained, “but I can’t seem to turn it on, because I have nothing to brace my feet against.”
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
“Modeling was performing, but I had braces and noticed I was chubbier than everybody else, creating new anxieties. To be 11, 12, and 13 just sucked.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Their meeting comes as the 27-member European Union braces for tough negotiations to agree a joint budget for the seven-year stretch 2028-34.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Other common treatments for knee osteoarthritis include strengthening the thigh muscles, using knee braces, taking anti-inflammatory medications, getting cortisone and other injections, and sometimes having knee replacement surgery."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
But as the world braces for wildfires that are more frequent and intense, Heffernan also believes "we must take a global perspective".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The nurse said she never heard of paper clips, “but you know they all want to have braces or bands or something. And they don’t know how much braces cost.”
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Freeman braced himself on his right side, which took the brunt of the impact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Russian capital braced Wednesday for a possible fresh wave of fuel shortages as drivers queued nervously to fill up tanks after recent Ukrainian strikes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
U.S. stocks settled slightly lower as investors braced for a wave of major earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Jefferies equities trading analyst Jeffrey Favuzza said he believed investors were focused on whether IBM’s preliminary results are “a harbinger of what we are braced for” with ServiceNow’s and SAP’s results set for next week.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
She braced herself at the top of the hill and waited.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Earlier this year, traders were expecting rate cuts this year, but are now bracing for potential Fed rate hikes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
In France, farmers are bracing for their smallest corn crop since 1980, and winegrowers are reporting some of the earliest harvests on record.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Crimson underwent multiple bandaging and bracing techniques to aid his limb development.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Even so, the end of the lockup has left individual investors like Tamar June bracing for more volatility should company insiders decide to cash in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Sciola, behind him, climbed laboriously up the last two or three steps, bracing his knee with his palm.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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