harden
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The cyber directorate said it helped the farmer harden the camera’s security and adjust its viewing angle to stop capturing military operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
South Korean authorities called on banks to harden their systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
OpenAI has promised to harden the monitoring of its agents and temporarily paused training a powerful version.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He said that evidence from a U.S. bout of high inflation in the 1970s shows that a series of shocks that raise prices can harden over time into permanently higher inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
But I have learned that if we want to change the world, we can’t harden our hearts and shut ourselves off from other cultures.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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Taken together, the list of woes hardens the image of a chronically broke city whose administration often struggles to reliably provide services for its almost four million people.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Volcanoes form when molten rock from Earth's mantle rises to the surface and hardens.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
To do it, Mars blends sugar, cocoa and other ingredients into a mixture that hardens into the candy’s solid core.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Before, Ahmad could tap — meaning to cut incisions in the acacia trees, which exude sap that a few weeks later hardens into nodules of Hashab gum — four orchards in one go.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
My face hardens into stone, and I feel myself assume my mother’s signature expression of disapproval.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Some of these cores at the Northern Territory Geological Survey are mudstone – a type of sedimentary rock formed from hardened seafloor mud.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
Across the surrounding countryside, seepages resemble miniature volcanoes overflowing with crude and leaving hardened black trails.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
As a physically smaller woman, she said she found tackling some of them "intimidating", but had become more hardened to it through experience.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Amid statues and posters of the Virgen de Guadalupe was a rosary that a man had made of hardened bread during his months in an immigration detention facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
As soon as Mrs. Baker realized Lily was ignoring her, her expression hardened.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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She is almost painfully careful not to ascribe blame to the growing presence in Germany of Muslim immigrants, among whom there has been a hardening of anti-Zionist public pronouncements since Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Meanwhile, those that cleared vegetation from Zone Zero had a survival rate of 37%, and those with comprehensive home hardening and defensible space had a survival rate of 48%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
His remarks came after Washington and Tehran had issued demands for compensation over the five-month war, hardening their positions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
"Iran's work there has likely centred around continued internal excavation and hardening of the facility that would provide further protection against aerial attacks."
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
I was kicked again under the table and, looking, saw Frances, Robert's lady, her chin lifting and her face hardening.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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