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Let’s celebrate that, even as we gird for more battles to come.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

For Jones and his salvation army it's a day to gird the loins and fight back.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

Doing so would help investors gird against volatility that might follow.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026

In its lived-in quality and gathering churn, “Good One” is a dream of an indie, from the craft in every frame to the humor, epiphanies and mysteries that gird its portraiture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024

But we’re going to have to talk about it soon, so gird your loins, reader.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

But when audiences girded their loins for the sequel—this one as lavishly supported by glossy publishers as its earlier version was disavowed—there was a single character whose zippy quippiness was most anticipated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Tynecastle rubbed its eyes and then girded its loins.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026

Meanwhile, both nations have girded themselves for a lengthy confrontation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2025

European shares closed higher, led higher by mining stocks as investors girded themselves for the U.S.

From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2023

When I was sure my absence would not be noted, I slipped behind the pillars that girded the hall, keeping to the shadows until I stood beside Hamlet.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

While software stocks on the list like Zoom, Okta and the Trade Desk have strong numbers, they are girding for a widely expected battle with AI.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

David Ellison’s media company appears to be girding for a big battle with California Atty.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

With daylight-saving time set to begin this Sunday, Americans will once again be girding themselves for the “spring forward” ritual of setting their clocks an hour ahead and potentially losing some sleep.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026

After about 25 minutes he clambered back aboard the ship, girding for another long voyage the rest of the way across the ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

That first day, after girding up his coinage for horns, Tyrion had lain flat on his stomach and squirmed to the edge, to poke out his head and look down.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

And at the center is Finland, a country of just 5.4 million people, girt by the sea and lashed by the wind.

From The New Yorker ● May 12, 2015

Chemistry feels that it owes much to Pittsburgh's Mellon Institute of Industrial Research which will soon move into a huge, classic building girt by tall pillars.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fellow passengers took small note of the droopy, bedraggled mustache, the old fashioned spectacles, the somewhat scrawny neck girt by a casual tie.

From Time Magazine Archive

Within two years, he declared, the British Empire will have scrapped her historic free trade policy, girt herself with a tariff wall against U. S. and even European competition.

From Time Magazine Archive

My Vigor cools to speak of him, so girt is he in Solemnity — Helm and Hauberk — with only the Eyes peering out through the gloomy Visor.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson