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It is then pumped into a depleted oil field nearly 200 miles off shore.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Fluidstack would use the loan to shore up the U.S. supply chain and manufacturing capacity for certain components related to data centers, rather than funding a new AI facility outright, one of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
In some local scenarios, the first waves could reach shore in under 10 minutes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Bessent was speaking not just of the Treasury’s recent intervention in support of the Japanese yen but also of the American efforts to shore up the Argentine peso ahead of the last election.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
He should have left Abby then, he thought; he should have tried to swim to shore, rather than staying with her.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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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
But a deal to buy the Artisan natural-gas field has shored up concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
By borrowing to spend, the chancellor and prime minister have shored up their immediate position in parliament and it appears to put to bed the shocking doubts about passing their budgets.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
So, too, the U.S. labor market can be shored up by continued consumer spending, business investment, and policies that promote economic growth.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
The Erudite girl prods at any weaknesses she sees, and so does Cara, and soon they are all shored up, like we have just built a secure structure.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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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
As the company worked on shoring up its manufacturing capacity, a cultural shift was under way that neither Novo nor Lilly predicted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Since then, emergency work has consisted of installing temporary shoring and reinforcement beams, the mayor explained.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Foremole and his team knew all there was to know about the diggings: depth, approximate dimensions, the placement of shoring, even where the first rat’s head was likely to break ground.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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