Example Sentences

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Cantwell said Modi’s trade policy is focused on agriculture, and the two governments have been strengthening trade relations.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024

"I think a lot of squads have been strengthening."

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2023

The abundance of shell beads first in North Africa suggests modern humans there may have been strengthening ties with other groups.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 21, 2021

The planned rocket launching comes amid signs that North Korea and Iran, Washington’s two leading proliferation concerns, have been strengthening their ties, including an agreement on scientific and technological cooperation signed in September.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2012

For months they have been strengthening their fortifications, and getting in ammunition and supplies in secret.

From At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy by Stratemeyer, Edward