How to Use shore up in a Sentence

shore up

verb
  • But the stone walls—shored up by Zaragoza’s men—held.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 May 2026
  • In this country, a spate of bad weather led to wider use of coal to shore up the grid.
    — Dave Trecker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The Chiefs could do worse than trying to shore up both tackle spots for years to come.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But its results this week shored up my confidence in the Club stock.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 May 2026
  • The Pride made a few tactical changes in an attempt to shore up the defense.
    — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2026
  • And residents got a chance to shore up their own evacuation plans.
    — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • Crews have tried to shore up the Cheboygan Dam with giant sandbags, known as super sacks.
    — Frank Witsil, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This is simply a demonstration of shoring up imbalances.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • The moment also calls for shoring up public safety standards for rideshare passengers.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
  • To shore up the boycott, the Teamsters had to look beyond their traditional support base.
    — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 12 June 2026
  • The stock launch shores up Musk’s position as the world’s richest person for the foreseeable future.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
  • Long Beach Fire Department crews work to pull a vehicle out of a house and shore up the home's structure.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Measures include steps to shore up public health insurers, spending cuts across ministries and new revenue sources such as a sugar levy.
    — Kamil Kowalcze, Bloomberg, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In the near term, the company is focusing on shoring up Hennessy’s dominance.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 1 June 2026
  • Partnerships with religious actors should not be crisis driven, but established and shored up over the years.
    — Katherine Marshall, STAT, 12 June 2026
  • Fragile matter is Chakraborty’s specialty, and her expertise is put to novel use in shoring up her son’s tender heart.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • The kingdom has managed to divert most of its oil exports to ports on the west coast, helping to shore up declining government revenues.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
  • Think about Jorge Polanco’s eventual return to the lineup helping shore up one more spot in the lineup the same way.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Almost 75% of the state’s crude oil is imported, with imports also shoring up gasoline and jet fuel supplies.
    — Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Retirement experts said the new report underscores the urgency of shoring up the program.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • The company is instead sharing the model with a limited group of tech giants and partners to help shore up their defenses.
    — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The company is instead sharing the model with a limited group of tech giants and partners to help shore up their defenses.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Critics note the plan offers no direct mechanism to shore up the trust funds before the 2032 deadline.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 June 2026
  • Saleh could shore up that weakness by drafting one of the top two center prospects in the draft, Hannes Steinbach and Aday Mara.
    — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 23 June 2026
  • Previous to that, markets had expected multiple cuts this year in an effort to shore up the plodding labor market.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Still, the company is making the change to shore up defenses and reduce the potential for password exposure.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
  • The spread of anthracite also shored up tolerance for smokier but cheaper bituminous coal.
    — Annie Persons, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
  • City officials are looking to leverage visitor traffic to shore up San Jose’s finances.
    — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
  • The Cowboys will likely be looking to shore up their defense, which finished last in scoring in the NFL last year.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • In a similar fight last year, lawmakers debated whether to cut tipped workers’ minimum wages to help shore up the restaurant industry.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026

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