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In the Philippines' Batanes archipelago, seaside highways shut as huge waves crashed onto the shore, and in southern Japan's Okinawa islands, power was cut to 15,000 homes.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Most of the $168 million he contributed to the Senate Leadership Fund has served to shore up Ken Paxton, the GOP nominee for Senate in Texas, who is locked in a tight race with Talarico.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

Yet to shore up utilities’ risk profile and prevent upward pressure on utility rates, he said, the state will probably have to grant some liability caps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Though Taipei has an edge in mapping waters close to shore that are off limits to Chinese research vessels, Beijing has elevated oceanography to a national strategic priority, investing in ships and advanced underwater drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

We climbed the little hill: now I could see the lake, frozen from shore to shore.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

British consumers’ spending on food shored up revenue for U.K. retailers over a Christmas shopping season clouded by weak outlay on other goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

By borrowing to spend, the chancellor and prime minister have shored up their immediate position in parliament and it appears to put to bed the shocking doubts about passing their budgets.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025

So, too, the U.S. labor market can be shored up by continued consumer spending, business investment, and policies that promote economic growth.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

They would need to make sure that all their weaknesses are shored up.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

Meanwhile, Network Rail has acknowledged a squeezed budget means difficult choices, and shoring up the network against the effects of more extreme weather requires investment.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Bulldozers have been shoring up the beach to try and prevent further flooding.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, Iran’s central bank governor, Abdolnaser Hemmati, said the U.S. had already done all that it can against Iran and that the central bank had been shoring up its foreign currency reserves for months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Iran’s top politicians said the country needs to focus on ending the war and shoring up its crippled economy, pushing back publicly against hard-liners who are taking a more defiant approach in the six-month-old conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The ferret jumped backwards as the shoring burst and the tunnel workings caved in with a dull rumble of earth.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques