shore up
Example Sentences
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The Guardian follows with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood seeking to shore up support for her immigration bill that plans to speed up the opening of safe and legal routes for refugees.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Even under Bruen’s stringent standard, aren’t these statutes enough to shore up Hawaiʻi’s modern version?
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
By cutting off access to the most current version of Mythos, which Anthropic’s partners are using to shore up software, the export control “actively harms national security and cyber defense,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
Unless Congress acts to shore up the program’s finances, Social Security benefits would at that time be cut by about 24% for all beneficiaries.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
But Penelope longed to shore up her spirits after that humiliating conversation with Lady Constance and the failed pretend-letter to Simon, and so she decided to indulge herself.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
