hardened to
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The VC-25As are hardened to withstand the pulse of a nuclear explosion, while the Qatari jet isn’t believed to have its fuselage and electronics shielded against high levels of radiation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
AI enables traditional cyberattacks to be carried out at greater scale and speed, and networks need to be hardened to address the threat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Ediacaran animals, which lived 635-538 million years ago, were ocean dwellers; their remains preserved as cast-like impressions on the seabed that later hardened to rock.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
Many of the formations are Jurassic sand dunes that have been hardened to sandstone by time.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
The concern in his eyes hardened to awareness.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
