hardening

Example Sentences

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Some Angelenos, like David Lefkowith, president of the Mandeville Canyon Assn., hope it will be more accepting of fire-resistant native species and emphasize less expensive home hardening measures.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Public sentiment is hardening, with a recent Quinnipiac University poll finding 65 percent of Americans oppose having a data center built in their community.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 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

More of those tiny creatures kept joining the fight, and now a glowing sludge was thickening and hardening around the propellers.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown