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After the collapse of the Larsen A and B and Prince Gustav ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula, the flow of the glaciers they had buttressed accelerated by twofold to ninefold.

From Scientific American • May 28, 2023

Martin and director Carl Reiner had buttressed their film-noir burlesque with segments from black-and-white crime dramas, which were woven into new scenes with the star and other actors.

From Time • Feb. 17, 2012

In sharp outline Canadians saw this week how two World Wars had buttressed the Dominion's agricultural economy with a fine manufacturing industry.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bishops talked for a month, and when the synod closed last week it was evident that on birth control, the assembly had buttressed tradition rather than questioned it.

From Time Magazine Archive