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steadied

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past tense of steady

as in trussed

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Rolling around inside my coffin would be a gigantic ball of hair trussed by a Möbius strip of fingernail.

— Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
For the last 15 or so years, celebrities have been, in general, more trussed up, as red carpets have become a heightened economic prospective for stars and designers alike.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025

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Will braced himself for getting through the rest of the conversation.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
She was braced against a near-vertical gray rock on a steep part of the mountain, with her back unnaturally arched and her face pointed at the sky, eyes open.

— William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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This concentration of wealth, often bolstered by stock market performance, allows retailers like Walmart to thrive even amidst widespread consumer financial strain.

— Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
The motorsport vibes are further bolstered by Track mode’s properly heavy steering and the brake system’s tuning.

— Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026

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An appeals court just upheld the far-right politician's conviction for embezzlement, but reduced her ban on seeking public office from five years to 15 months.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 7 July 2026
The Rockies then challenged that Rushing was blocking the plate, but the out call was upheld and the inning ended.

— Kyle Glaser, Oc Register, 7 July 2026

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Neither of those, though, carried the expectations of five-time champion Brazil, which last won in 2002 but at least had done no worse than the quarterfinals in the five subsequent tournaments.

— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
SpaceX now flies roughly half the world’s orbital launches — 165 in 2025 and more than 80% of the mass carried to orbit — but its vehicles are built for its own missions.

— Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

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Such realism, buttressed by frank discussions of perimenopause and other facts of midlife, helps rather than hinders the show’s ability to transport.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 9 July 2026
In the cases before the Supreme Court as well as the wage case before Hall, there is no suggestion that lawyers intentionally buttressed arguments with phony precedents in order to win an unfair advantage.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026

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