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Recent Examples of inure There’s something about these people’s experiences that has inured them to like the spilling of blood, and the spilling of blood is very talismanic for them and sort of meaningful. Michaela Zee, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025 National Socialism, with its unscrupulous methods of deception, took care not to show how radical its aims were until the world was inured to them. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024 Biases may be pronounced in scientific communities inured to defending against science denialism and historical persecution. Andréa Morris, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 In a country seemingly inured to episodes of brutal violence from drug cartels, where clandestine graves emerge every month, the images shocked Mexicans and prompted outraged human rights groups to demand that the government put an end to the violence that has ravaged the nation for years. Paulina Villegas, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inure
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  • Lastly, the acquisition strengthens the company’s balance sheet and should allow for significant share repurchases over time.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
  • And the reports are then published, so the broader firefighting community can strengthen its procedures to avoid similar losses.
    Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • These were also the years when Twain’s contradictions began to harden into gleaming marble.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Dirt and sweat can dry and harden your gloves and soil the inside, defeating their purpose of protecting your hands.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Inure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inure. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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