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shore

[shawr, shohr] / ʃɔr, ʃoʊr /




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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

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

The visit was intended to shore up the United Bid with some of the 55 European federation presidents in attendance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Our house was on the shore and the window faced westward to the sea.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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