hardening
Example Sentences
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Chinese officials were unsure what to make of Pete Hegseth’s presence — whether it was meant to convey a softer stance, a hardening one, or simply an ignorance of basic diplomatic protocol.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
In another sign of its hardening stance, North Korea deleted all references to uniting the divided peninsula from its constitution, an AFP review of the latest version this week showed.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Some who have returned say they are turned off not only by the U.S.’s hardening immigration enforcement, but also by its faulty infrastructure, gun violence and living costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The sky was the color of cotton candy, but the stale kind that’s been hardening in a plastic bag for days after the fair.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Money has trickled through this room for years and years, as if through an underground cavern, crusting and hardening like stalactites into these forms.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
