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as in sustained
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
a highway tunnel shored up by massive columns of concrete
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as in reinforced
to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)
used an avalanche of statistics to shore up his claim that the state's economy is in fine shape
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shored (up)
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Bromley rely on chaos and marginal gains but there is a method to their madness, without which sustained excellence over a league season would be impossible.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026 -
Authorities did not immediately disclose the cause of death or provide details on whether it was directly linked to injuries sustained during the operation.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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The trade deadline additions and the strong finish only reinforced that.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Supreme Court later reinforced those interpretations, enabling Maduro to run for president while serving as acting head of state.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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In comments carried by the semiofficial Tasnim news agency, Ahmad Khatami said no one will dare to attack Iran anymore because that will not lead anywhere, and the people of Iran will not agree to negotiate with humiliation.—
Will Clark,
NBC news,
17 Apr. 2026
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The collision threw the victim onto the hood and he was carried about 125 feet before falling off the car onto the street, police said.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Not to mention, a budding rap career that would have been bolstered by playing for a Bay Area franchise in the heart of the West Coast rap scene.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2026
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It's also been bolstered by celeb power from figures such as Kerry Washington, John Legend and Pusha T.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Following Caballero’s go-ahead RBI single that put his team up, 4-3, in the top of the 10th, Rays first baseman Jonathan Aranda’s RBI infield single proved to be enough for a walk-off 5-4 victory at Tropicana Field on Saturday night.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has proved its biggest strategic advantage in the war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The governor supported reducing taxes.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Researchers Nick McMann and James Forester started the study for the U with a grant from the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, which is supported by a share of state lottery profits.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
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The report states that a clinician with the Psychological Emergency Response Team, or PERT, was on-site but stayed inside a police vehicle for safety reasons because Romero held the apparent firearm throughout the incident.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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Potentially as a result of higher unemployment and low hiring, the overall quit rate has stayed below 2% for eight consecutive months.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The governor’s map was challenged in court, with several lower court rulings against it, but it was ultimately upheld by the Florida Supreme Court in July 2025.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Again, if that case had been brought in a post-ACA 7 California state court, the district’s discriminatory policies would have been upheld.—
Alison Somin,
Oc Register,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Shored (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shored%20%28up%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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