Example Sentences

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Bookmaker Sportsbet said the prospects of the coalition had firmed on election eve.

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2022

It had firmed 0.5% against the yuan to 7.985 .

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2022

It had firmed 1.6% against the yuan to 8.439 .

From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2022

The Mail on Sunday had withheld publication, but by April 1996 had firmed up their story and published Bashir's fake documents.

From BBC • May 20, 2021

The snow had melted and the mud had firmed.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys