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As Guo and Bannon were cementing their partnership in the New Federal State project, US authorities had begun investigating their business activities.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

This was in 1938, and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the future Queen Mother, were cementing an alliance about to be put once again to the test in war.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

It was a time when the Communist Party and its leader, Mao Tse-tung, were cementing their grip on power after the country’s 1949 revolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2019

While the two men were cementing their friendship after Mr. Cuccinelli’s election in 2009, Star Scientific sued Virginia over a $700,000 tax bill.

From New York Times • May 18, 2013

Here at last, to his own knowledge, the words that were cementing his kinsman's doom were utterly and viciously false.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville