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shore

[shawr, shohr] / ʃɔr, ʃoʊr /




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Spirit has struggled to remain afloat and shore up its balance sheet.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Resident Eremasi Matanatabu, a food company manager, said concern over building a waste business in the bay where the first Fijians arrived to shore is widespread.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

But many Social Security analysts, including Copeland, think most efforts by Congress and the president to shore up Social Security won’t directly affect people who are already retired or close to retirement.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

The Northern Ireland secretary has also continued to raise the prospect of Stormont carrying out its own methods of revenue raising, in order to help shore up public services.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

I wondered if it would be too dramatic to bend down to kiss the grass like a sailor kisses the shore after surviving a shipwreck.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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