as in strengthens
to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure
the hardship of army training inured her to the rigors of desert warfare
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Murphy made a similar assertion in his Wednesday ruling, also claiming that the Supreme Court not immediately lifting the blocks on ending TPS for Haiti and Syria before justices hear those arguments strengthens his ruling.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
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Rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move throughout Hawaiiuntil Thursday morning but will pick up intensity on Thursday afternoon as the Kona storm strengthens.—
Dakota Smith,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Inures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inures. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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