harden
Example Sentences
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Looming over it all is the U.S.’s hardening stance toward Europe.
Researchers have found comprehensive home hardening and defensible space can reduce the risk of a home burning by about a third, but not bring it down to zero.
From Los Angeles Times
“While China’s industry is highly skilled and highly capable, its dominant position is both enabled and hardened by subsidies, price manipulation, and scale,” said Matthew Sloustcher, MP Materials’
From Barron's
In his new book “The Persuaders,” Anand Giridharadas describes how Russia’s internet Research Agency bombarded Americans with social media posts meant to harden perceptions of our political opponents as unchangeable.
From Seattle Times
It requires that those who raise livestock learn to do the taxing emotional and ethical work of hardening their feelings and navigating the shifting status of their animals.
From Scientific American
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