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toughen

verb as in harden

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Another theory is that Euro phenoms arrive toughened up by playing against older men.

“We had to rough him up, toughen him up. Every drill, we tried to beat him.”

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Such prohibitions exist in dozens of states, but many doctors, nurses and policymakers want to toughen them up as a buttress against private equity’s influence in the sector.

European Union officials have also toughened their language against Israel in recent weeks.

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A tribunal then ruled low-interest shareholder loans should not be excluded from the scope of the APTs, and that changes made to toughen up the regulations also breached competition law.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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