shore
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And it is still, for me and for the strangers arriving on its shore, the difference between drowning and being born.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
U.S. and Japanese authorities confirmed joint intervention to shore up the yen last week, which had caused the dollar to weaken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
When Jackie was rescued from the shore of Big Bear Lake weeks ago, she was underweight and disheveled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
The crowds who made it to kiss the shore in Ceuta with joy were met with nothing.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Maybe they would float closer to shore by then.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
They’d loved hiking the Great Wall of China and participating in 150-mile bike rides, and had shored up their finances to retire early.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Alphabet has shored up its advertising dominance while setting a new path as a top AI merchant.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
The Dodgers shored up the bullpen over the winter, signing three-time all-star Edwin Díaz to a three-year, $69-million contract.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026
The aim was to have the three countries work more closely together on advanced submarines and other emerging technologies, as the U.S. shored up its network of alliances to counter Beijing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
It’s an attractive and drizzly winter’s night, scraps of melting snow shored up against the edges of the Place de la Concorde, the city looking ghostly, its windows jeweled with raindrops.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
As the company worked on shoring up its manufacturing capacity, a cultural shift was under way that neither Novo nor Lilly predicted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Nonetheless, they say, the summer of bad news will force Bass to reset her campaign narrative — including shoring up her support with Eastside Latinos in the wake of the Lineage fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
But the visit is also about shoring up India's position in the wider Gulf in the wake of Middle East conflict.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
He called Malone for help shoring up his balance sheet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
In October 1985, the DEA sent Robert Stutman to serve as director of its New York City office and charged him with the responsibility of shoring up public support for the administration’s new war.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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