shore up
Example Sentences
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Although a handful of multibillion-dollar AI computing deals may help xAI shore up its finances faster than previously expected, SpaceX needs its Starship efforts to pay off if it wishes to achieve its peak aspirations.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
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
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
