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There are limits to physically fortifying the cables.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Pointedly, there was Timothy Snyder’s tidy pocket-sized handbook “On Tyranny” filled with 20 short but fortifying chapters of practical wisdom like “Do not obey in advance,” “Defend institutions” and “Believe in truth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

In his 2021 book, “The Real Anthony Fauci,” Kennedy defines this as “preventing disease by fortifying the immune system through nutrition and by reducing exposures to environmental toxins and stresses.”

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025

One of the newest members of NATO, Finland, is fortifying a portion of its 800-mile border with Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

He cautiously crept up to the porch and—after pausing to take in a deep, fortifying, leg-steadying breath—shimmied through Duke’s doggy door.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein




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