hardened

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Sticking to largely sycophantic media who lobbed softball questions hardened his ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 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

The live-action series is based on the Marvel comic Spider-Man Noir, telling the story of Ben Reilly - a hardened private investigator in 1930s New York, played by Nicolas Cage.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

And the intensifying competition with the U.S. has hardened his resolve to set China on a course of self-sufficiency from energy to semiconductors and to limit foreign influence.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

He stood behind the cash register, and his face contracted and hardened as he tried to recall the things that had happened during the night.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers