gird

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Discovery, you might want to turn your attention east — to Europe, where regulators are girding to take an early look at any such deal.

From Los Angeles Times

The world’s pre-eminent military power must rethink its tried-and-tested tools and tactics even as it girds for one of its most vexing challenges since World War II: potential great-power conflict with China.

From The Wall Street Journal

USC has also been girding for decreases in international student enrollment.

From Los Angeles Times

The night concluded with an enthusiastic performance by Doja Cat on an outdoor stage in the shadow of the David Geffen Galleries, the lights girding its massive concrete underbelly like stars in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times

Part of the point of the book is to tell people with Hollywood dreams that they’ll need to gird themselves emotionally and physically for the work.

From Los Angeles Times