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bolster

[bohl-ster] / ˈboʊl stər /


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The money would have funded projects to bolster New York's resiliency against climate impacts like flooding and extreme heat.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

The 21-year-old joins Kevin Danso in signing for Sunderland on deadline day and will bolster the club's squad ahead of their first European campaign since 1973.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

State lawmakers have approved a series of modest changes intended to bolster California’s film and TV tax credit program.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Assigned to the Comintern’s Far Eastern Bureau, the pair had come to Shanghai to bolster the beleaguered Chinese Communist Party.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

They seemed to view their job as mostly to listen and bolster us as needed inside the four walls of our home.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Eli Lilly has agreed to pay up to $2.875 billion in cash for biotechnology company Merida Biosciences in a deal that bolsters the drugmaker’s immunology portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

In an earnings call in May, he said that ownership bolsters the facilities’ protection from “unwarranted litigation” around medical care and other detention conditions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

They also used footage to piece together Mangione's alleged movements after the shooting, and ballistics and fingerprint evidence they claim bolsters their case.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The way everyone responded to this error—by turning a simple mistake into a ritual flogging—only bolsters the toxic notion that the press is forever viciously intruding on the secret, sacred work of perfect jurists.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2026

‘Guests unable to sleep in their beds, and good bolsters ruined and all! What are we coming to?’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Imports rose 2.8 percent to $399.3 billion, bolstered by computers, computer accessories and semiconductors.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Stacking a federal tax credit on top of the newly bolstered California production incentives could help give the state an edge when producers are pricing out location shoots.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

It gives City a net spend of £208m in 2026, which will be further bolstered by Tottenham's obligation to buy Omar Marmoush for £60m at the end of his loan spell next season.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The U.K. also bolstered overall growth, with exports rising 9.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

His authority bolstered by a title on the door and personalized office stationery, York set forth a “working philosophy” for Livermore calling for “always pushing at the technological boundaries.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal, which seeks $1.5 trillion in defense spending, also calls for bolstering American drone production.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Both the 2028 Games and those future events will help fill Pasadena hotels, restaurants and shops, bolstering the local economy and adding tax dollars to the city treasury, according to supporters of the plan.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Conservationists said bolstering smaller hedgehog populations, providing habitat to support more animals, and helping them move around to increase viability of populations without crossing more roads were important.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

A pivot to the kind of business bolstering Wall Street titans can help regional players weather rising yields.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The swelling music, the soft hoodie, the linked arms bolstering me.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon




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