shore
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Iran says this is "unauthorised" and insist vessels take an alternative route closer to its own shore.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The central bank had carried out several rate hikes earlier in the year to shore up the rupiah, after it came under pressure over the state of Southeast Asia's biggest economy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
As Jay waddles into the water, the waves seem to want to shove the reedy young man back to shore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
One of them, Steve Edwards, a local safari camp manager, found new, productive sites on the shore of Lake Kariba, the artificial lake which forms most of the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
During the freeze-up, polar ice was driven down through the Bering Strait by north winds and struck the shore.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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They shored up the building's foundations with wood and steel to prevent the partially destroyed structure from collapsing further.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
They’d loved hiking the Great Wall of China and participating in 150-mile bike rides, and had shored up their finances to retire early.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Since the 1970s - when Britain ended trading agreements that had shored up New Zealand's economy and Australia introduced loosened work and travel restrictions - the outflow of people has surged sporadically.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
A compromise on nuclear enrichment could have shored up the regime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
They would need to make sure that all their weaknesses are shored up.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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Meanwhile, Network Rail has acknowledged a squeezed budget means difficult choices, and shoring up the network against the effects of more extreme weather requires investment.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Mistral has been shoring up its network of alliances lately.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Meanwhile, Iran’s central bank governor, Abdolnaser Hemmati, said the U.S. had already done all that it can against Iran and that the central bank had been shoring up its foreign currency reserves for months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Born in Jakarta in 1963, Destry holds degrees from the University of Indonesia and Cornell University, and is expected to maintain a balance between shoring up growth and keeping the rupiah stable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Within weeks, they began streaming onto the Korean Peninsula, shoring up the battered remnants of the South Korean forces and joining the battle against North Korea.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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