Etymology
Origin of shoring
Example Sentences
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It is OK going in and shoring clubs up for a few games, but why does he keep losing his job after that?
From BBC
A pair of new books, though, suggest that the overall shift was only so modest, ultimately shoring up not just the old-school studio system but the social norms the interlopers were supposed to be upending.
From Los Angeles Times
The company has focused on retooling its Medicare Advantage offerings in order to recover profit margins and on shoring up the Optum Health segment, whose doctors treat insurance customers enrolled through UnitedHealthcare, among others.
From Barron's
Promising better days ahead for her long-suffering compatriots, Rodriguez has ploughed $300 million from a first US sale of Venezuelan crude into shoring up the country's ailing currency, the bolivar.
From Barron's
Rodriguez has already ploughed $300 million from a first US sale of Venezuelan crude into shoring up the country's struggling currency, the bolivar.
From Barron's
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