shore up
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The outcome in Congress shores up financial backing from the International Monetary Fund, which had made approval of the budget a key condition for more support after the country missed targets to rebuild dollar reserves.
Hackers may be exploiting AI to do evil, but AI companies say the same technology can be used by organizations to shore up their cyber defenses, as well.
Such financing, he said, would help ease dollar shortages and shore up dwindling reserves in the country of 12.6 million people.
And perhaps Vanderbilt and the Lakers can get some immediate results for shoring up their defensive shortcomings when they face the Suns in Phoenix on Sunday afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times
Amid the push to shore up the U.S. supply, the Interior Department recently expanded what the country considers critical minerals, including copper and uranium, for example.
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