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Similarly, Universal Orlando Resort said in a statement officials were reinforcing health and hygiene procedures, enhancing cleaning protocols and “ready to act as needed.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2020

I made a decision not to play characters that were reinforcing stereotypes with two-dimensional portrayals.

From Time • Dec. 14, 2016

Jonathan Elvin, HSE investigator, told the court the excavated hole was wet and the men were reinforcing sheet pilings when the steel toppled "collapsing like a folding picnic table".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2014

By January, engineers were reinforcing its southern approach with sandbags and rock trucked in from the mainland, in hopes of keeping the road open until a more permanent fix could be designed and built.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2012

A gale from the southwest was hurling the Spider against the revetment that held the eastern shore and the day and the night gangs together were reinforcing it.

From The Daughter of a Magnate by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)