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shoring

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Definition of shoring

as in shore

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Recent Examples of shoring Alex Foster, a spokeswoman for Denver’s Community Planning and Development department, or CPD, said the city agency ordered SF Partners to obtain an emergency permit allowing temporary shoring and stabilization of the garage. — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 1 Apr. 2026 What’s happening to the site Since that time, the city issued a permit for a contractor to install roof support structures, known as shoring, to minimize the risk of the roof’s collapse. — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025 Demand gains stem from rising disposable incomes among urban households, Gen Z’s digital buying habits, and the near-shoring of manufacturing capacity that reinforces supply-chain resilience. — Náosha Gregg, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Either way, the shoring up of Russia's military presence in the Arctic is extensive. — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shoring

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Noun

After that, there are further stages including preparation, conservation, and mounting.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026
Featuring magnetic and screw-free mounting, these cameras snap onto any metal surface for a rock-solid hold in seconds.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of mounting

Noun

Faucette attributes her sleep triumph to family support and a new parental benefit offered by the city of Atlanta.

— Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
Allen, who has been tracking the conflict, told CNN that drones are now used to monitor enemy movements, support ground operations, strike supply lines and attack infrastructure.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of support

Noun

Most accounts read Qatar's rise as gas turned into money, turned into visibility, a soft-power story with expensive props.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
With a minimum of props—a chair here, a mattress there—Hujar posed his sitters in front of a gray backdrop or a white wall.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Definition of prop

Noun

Cavalry officers from around the world, including the United States and United Kingdom, argued strongly against trading their lovely mounts for new tanks.

— Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
But in the middle of the dash, there’s a standard cellphone mount and an optional tablet mount.

— Eric Brandt, AJC.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of mount

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As recidivist would-be escapees, de Boeldieu, Marechal, and Rosenthal are transferred to an impregnable medieval fortress, commanded by Captain von Rauffenstein, now burnt, broken in body, and wearing a neck brace.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Karlie Lema scored a first-half brace as visiting Bay FC (5-6-3) cruised to a 3-0 win over the North Carolina Courage.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

Definition of brace

Noun

During the expo, Peachtree Road between Lenox Parkway and Lenox Road will be closed to traffic as the race’s iconic start truss is erected ahead of race day.

— AJC.com, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
The laser systems sit about 10 feet above the ground on a truss, allowing people to walk beneath the installation and look straight up through the canopy of light.

— Kenny Choi, CBS News, 22 June 2026

Definition of truss

Noun

Mahama stressed the need for African governments to cut waste and improve governance as a buttress against increasingly frequent international shocks because a return to the old system of global support is very unlikely.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 5 June 2026
Over the next five years restoration will extend to the three great rose windows of the west, north, and south façades, the flying buttresses of the nave, the west façade towers, and the windows of the nave tribune as well as the choir chapels.

— Michael T. Davis, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2026

Definition of buttress

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