shore up
Example Sentences
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Richards’ return will shore up a defense that was one of the U.S. team’s biggest question marks heading into the tournament.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
But in order to prevent an across-the-board cut to benefits, Congress must make changes to shore up the program.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Australia, which is steering the formal negotiations in a COP31 co-hosting arrangement with Turkey, said electrification could cut emissions and shore up energy security.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
North Korea, believing that Chinese-style economic reforms would endanger the absolute control of the Kim dynasty, built up a nuclear arsenal to shore up the regime’s power indefinitely.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 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
