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After England trounced Spain at home last weekend, Dow is expecting a bracing evening in south-west France, one that will steel a near full-strength side for challenges to come.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2025

It’s scoldy: “I hope my words will steel the reader against not only the regrettable conditions of our time but also against any form of coddling.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2022

Cordova, a 55-year-old executive assistant and data manager, said she will steel herself to head to her new desk inside the renovated building.

From Washington Post Feb. 1, 2015

Sooner or later, the lure of profit will steel the nerves.

From Time Magazine Archive

This man knows and I give him over to you because you are acquainted with his wickedness, and that knowledge will steel your heart against all pity.

From Montezuma's Daughter by Haggard, Henry Rider