hardened to

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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

Others, fabricated from translucent amber resin that has hardened to a glossy sheen, are low and horizontal, oozing and puddling across the floor like pools of blood or toxic spills.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

Many residents are now hardened to the attacks, he adds.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2023

And then, as the sun sank reluctantly behind the treetops, the haze hardened to a brilliant brownish- yellow.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit