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Meanings of shoring up in English

The act of propping up with shores.

Synonyms
Examples for "shoring"
Examples for "shoring"
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He'd never seen such light shoring to support a chamber this large.
The irish devil
2
Most corporates will continue in shoring up their balance sheets, said Kulkarni.
Reuters
3
A strong arm came around her shoulders, silently shoring up her defenses.
Once bitten, twice dead
4
To this aim, it is shoring up its struggling Acura premium brand.
Reuters
5
This cannot all be attributed to Connacht shoring up their porous defence.
The Irish Times
1
The music industry has been propping up the singer for long enough.
The Irish Times
2
You look as if you could use a bit of propping up.
Unfinished desires: a novel
3
Politicians expressed anger over the spiralling cost of propping up the bank.
Reuters
4
Tbilisi complains the Russian troops are effectively propping up the separatist regimes.
Reuters
5
Georgia accuses Russia of propping up the separatists to undermine its stability.
Reuters
Usage of shoring up in English
1
Most corporates will continue in shoring up their balance sheets, said Kulkarni.
Reuters
2
A strong arm came around her shoulders, silently shoring up her defenses.
Once bitten, twice dead
3
To this aim, it is shoring up its struggling Acura premium brand.
Reuters
4
This cannot all be attributed to Connacht shoring up their porous defence.
The Irish Times
5
He had been shoring up against a heavy wave of black doubt.
Quantico
6
The parties have also yet to agree on shoring up the central bank.
Reuters
7
The Crown Prince isn't beyond shoring up his future in more brutal ways.
News.com.au
8
Japanese companies are accelerating overseas acquisitions as one strategy for shoring up earnings.
Reuters
9
Son is prioritizing investment for the future over shoring up the balance sheet.
Reuters
10
Joe Root has enough to do shoring up the middle order.
The Guardian
11
Each side is also acutely sensitive to the other shoring up its position.
News.com.au
12
They have a lot of shoring up to do, and that takes time.
The sun over breda
13
Mayer has done an excellent job of shoring up a board of supporters.
Wired
14
Devolution means a shoring up of some identities, while others are in flux.
The Guardian
15
One way of shoring up the defence would be to recruit.
The Guardian
16
There is no artificial framework here, nor any shoring up of the sides.
The skein of lament
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Shoring up through the time
Shoring up across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common