stiffen
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said that young people should stiffen their spines and embrace hardship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
She has also vowed to stiffen prison sentences and to impose a state of emergency in areas worst hit by crime.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
In people with Alzheimer's, Aβ accumulates and causes arteries to stiffen, slowing the flow of fluids between brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid.
From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025
This leads them to weaken and stiffen over time and usually affects how you walk, talk, eat and breathe.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025
Noises, moths, shadows, all these things stiffen his arms and shoulders and even his hair, if you can find this believing.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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