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shore up
1. Perhaps people sensed there was a threat to their existence even without the evidence; they were reassessing their lives, looking to shore up what really mattered, asking the bigger questions
2. They were wider for a start and better fortified they had willow branches woven into the trench walls and timber props to shore up the trench walls
3. had to shore up a bit before l could start moving again
4. This is the time to shore up the psychological foundations for future career success
5. wading ashore upon his return to the
6. "Shore up this side Mitch," Coach Ryan spoke calmly, "I wouldn't doubt it if they try to test you over there, son
7. It was informative that he made an immediate bee-line for Merkel in an attempt to shore up the Franco-German Euro axis – the Germans have it clear that they are unhappy with some of the policies that Hollande espoused during his campaign and it was right that he tried to make his peace
8. V’s vision helped shore up the country’s economy
9. He then moved on to harder stuff to shore up his sexual drives and Mrs
10. strip of rocky shore upon which we stood was strewn with the wreckage of a
11. Roland still gave the impression that he did not much like Ralph, but he certainly respected him, and would always use him to shore up a weak point in the line, lead a sally or organize a raid
12. A part of him had been angry at Hektor for “hiding” instead of doing his own bit to shore up the illusion of normalcy, but he’d realized even then that it was irrational
13. And little as he liked his involuntary tardiness, he liked the Temple’s requirement that he send a third of his total strength—four hundred thousand men—to shore up the Church’s southern flank in Westmarch and western Cliff Peak even less
14. Clyntahn would insist it was an indication of her desperation that she’d been forced to shore up her servants by providing them with so much additional gold, whereas God knew His faithful children required no such intervention to accomplish His will
15. Sweeping over the glassy surface was a great flotilla of canoes coming straight for the shore upon which we stood
16. With the amount of oil coming out of the ground stagnant at best and the future for supply grim, the world powers have been attempting to shore up as much inventory as possible
17. I have been one of the masters of the state; the vaults of the treasury were encumbered with specie to such a degree that we were forced to shore up the walls, which were on the point of bursting beneath the weight of gold and silver; I dined in Dead Tree Street, at twenty-two sous
18. Her box-office pull had placed her on Quigley’s list of Top Ten stars for three years, and though she had been absent from the screen for the two previous years, attending drama classes at the Actors Studio and trying to shore up her disintegrating marriage, her popularity with the fans was at an all-time high
19. In July 1993, BEAM offered 1 million shares in a secondary to shore up the balance sheet