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is steeling

  • present progressive
    of steel (3rd person singular).
    steel
    noun
    any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.

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Now, Underwood is steeling himself for another delicate situation: Promoting his new book in the midst of a global pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2020

Britain, for its part, is steeling itself for the loss of some international business as one consequence of Brexit.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2019

EST 09:01 The talk begins… We’re on CNN first, where State of the Union anchor Dana Bash says: “Welcome to Washington, where the state of the union is steeling for a fight.”

From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2016

Family-owned Schoeffel, which saw flat sales of 93 million euros in 2012, is steeling itself for falling profits over the next two to three years as its invests in new products, advertising and shops.

From Reuters ● Jul. 11, 2013

He is steeling his heart against reproof; and there is only one end to that.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren