built up

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She also gradually built up her confidence to be able to travel there independently.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The country has diversified its energy sources, including into renewables, and had built up its strategic petroleum reserve to a greater extent than others, giving it some extra cushion.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

They built up the newspaper and magazine holdings and took stakes in Charter Communications, Warner Bros.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

To be sure, U.S. households are no longer flush with the excess savings built up during the pandemic era.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

During the month of Kus I lived on the Eastern coast in a Clan-Hearth called Gorinhering, a house-town-fort-farm built up on a hill above the eternal fogs of the Hodomin Ocean.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin