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CT H 6702: Strengthens law requiring subjects of restraining orders to surrender firearms.

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2013

Autism Strains Yet Strengthens a Marriage Booming’s “Making It Last” column profiles baby boomer couples who have been together 25 years or more.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2013

Strengthens financial protections for taxpayers and requires study of alternative sites.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2012

Againe ascend, and view Chronology,25 By optick skill, pulling farre History Neerer; whose Hand the piercing Eagle's eye Strengthens, to bring remotest objects nigh.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

—Longfellow Nothing useless is, or low, Each thing in its place is best, And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education