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But as afternoon winds whipped up and the seas grew rough, the boat took on water as they returned to shore and began to sink about 600 yards off Alcatraz Island.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Fluidstack would use the loan to shore up the U.S. supply chain and manufacturing capacity for certain components related to data centers, rather than funding a new AI facility outright, one of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
In some local scenarios, the first waves could reach shore in under 10 minutes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Bessent was speaking not just of the Treasury’s recent intervention in support of the Japanese yen but also of American efforts to shore up the Argentine peso ahead of the last election.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Jonathan swam toward shore, trying to establish a kicking rhythm that would keep him moving but not exhaust him.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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In fact, Zhu shored up state power instead of letting it go but the comparison rang true in one respect: Like the Soviet leader, Zhu often won more accolades overseas than at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
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
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
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
Support struts shored up the wooden ceiling and stones embedded in the dirt floor made her stumble.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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Google’s artificial-intelligence research unit is set to release a new model with significantly upgraded coding capabilities, according to employees, potentially shoring up an area where the company has lagged behind competitors OpenAI and Anthropic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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
China presents another dynamic; it has ample refining capacity but government export quotas aimed at shoring up domestic energy security have limited overseas sales of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
‘He’s off at Mount Olympus in New York, shoring up the gods’ defences.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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