reinforcement

What makes obsessive political preoccupation distinct is its collective reinforcement: Social media, partisan news outlets and aspects of modern therapy have turned emotional validation into moral virtue.

The following morning, the radiation levels at the plant dropped sufficiently for reinforcements to join the Fukushima 50, bringing the total number of workers on-site to 580.

Still, it was a place to gather reinforcements, so the convoy stopped under the town’s welcome arch and officers wielding AR-15 semiautomatic weapons found high ground to watch for threats.

"Rangers are crying out for help," added Alan Hutton, referring to reinforcements in this January window.

“There’s no situation, even with a large number of reinforcements, that we’d take the city back.”