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• v  make strong or stronger
  This exercise will strengthen your upper body
  strengthen the relations between the two countries
• v  gain strength
  His body strengthened
• v  give a healthy elasticity to

• Strengthening Transparency and Accountability: We will strengthen financial market transparency, including by enhancing required disclosure on complex financial products and .
• We oppose the National Democrats' view that says -- the way to strengthen our country is to increase dependence on government.
• PRODUCT Exercise machine with pulleys and weights that strengthen and increase flexibility through fluid, dancelike moves HOW IT STARTED Looking to build a machine to perfect.

• beef up
• fortify
• tone
• tone up

• weaken

News & Articles

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• Tester introduces bill to strengthen nation’s borders
  U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is introducing a bill to strengthen America’s borders by making sure the nation’s top border security agency has the manpower it needs to keep Americans safe.
  June 12, 2013 - Sidney Herald
• Monroe County Chooses Everbridge to Strengthen Emergency Communications During Severe Weather
  Monroe County, with a population of more than 150,000 and located in the southeastern-most corner of the State of Michigan and bordering the State of Ohio to the south, has implemented Everbridge, the leading provider of interactive communication and mass notification solutions, to strengthen its emergency communications strategy.
  June 11, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Strengthen Your Back With This One-Minute Exercise
  This exercise will help strengthen the entire back, and also helps relieve rotator cuff injuries.
  June 10, 2013 - Triathlete / Inside Triathlon

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Reuters
  Our highest priority in Toronto must be to safeguard and strengthen the recovery,President Barack Obama wrote in a letter to his G20 colleagues. "We worked exceptionally hard to restore growth; we cannot let it falter or lose strength...