thickened

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Since that incident, Gen Bewick says Akrotiri's air defences have been "thickened".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

What’s different now is that artificial intelligence has thickened the plot.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

In both cases, cartilage that had become thin and dysfunctional with age thickened across the joint surface.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

Children who are obese or overweight from an early age have stiffer arteries and thickened arterial lining at 11 to 12 years, with a high risk of later heart disease, type 2 diabetes or stroke.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

The fog had closed and thickened all over the village, greying the light, blurring the world till a man could hardly see his own hands before him.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin