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bolster
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bolster as in:  to bolster

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    The falling unemployment rate is bolstering consumer confidence.
    bolstering = strengthening
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    So the Count could well appreciate why Andrey had decided to bolster his crew.  (source)
    bolster = support and strengthen
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    The bailiff represented the lowest-ranking male and depended on his belt hung with glistening pistol, clanging wad of keys, and clunky radio to bolster his position.  (source)
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    I wanted you to have a chance to get yourself on solid ground, get your heart bolstered up first.  (source)
    bolstered = supported or strengthened
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    We put Alphie in the pram and pile around him the pot, the pan, the kettle, the jam jars and mugs, the Pope, two bolsters and the coats from the beds.†  (source)
    bolsters = supports or strengthens
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    We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own.  (source)
    bolstering = supporting or propping up
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    What he needed was help — some encouragement, some guidance, anything to bolster his resolve.  (source)
    bolster = support or strengthen
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    In dozens of letters that crisscrossed America, they shared their emotions and bolstered each other's hopes about "our boys."  (source)
    bolstered = supported and strengthened
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    Two bolsters can be piled on top of each other.†  (source)
    bolsters = supports or strengthens
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    Because—you were always so good to Andy—bolstering him, improving his confidence.  (source)
    bolstering = supporting
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    Mr. Meany, in an effort to bolster the disappointing business at the quarry, was expanding his involvement in monument sales.  (source)
    bolster = support and strengthen
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    When court convened at the next term the court and sheriff were bolstered by sixty militiamen, but by then the defendant was not available for trial.  (source)
    bolstered = supported and strengthened
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    He had broken his back, someone said, but there was nothing anyone could do, and now men were stepping over him with their blankets and bolsters, and others were jostling to go up.†  (source)
    bolsters = supports or strengthens
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    Now he's back to overcoats and a bolster that sends up a cloud of feathers when you touch it.†  (source)
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    The bolster cushions have been reduced, which I hadn't realized, and while she's checking the exact price, a queue begins to form behind me.†  (source)
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    A switchblade with the handles missing, made in Mexico, the brass showing through the plating on the bolsters.†  (source)
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    She went back into the bedroom, only to discover that Simon was asleep in the center of the bed, clutching the bolster pillow as if it were a human being.†  (source)
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    Would we but collect enough, she would clean and sort it, and there would be no end to the bolsters, pillows, saddles, and cushions she would stuff with it.†  (source)
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    'Well Masters,' said Nob, 'I've ruffled up the clothes and put in a bolster down the middle of each bed.†  (source)
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    When they saw them they were glad that they had taken his advice: the windows had been forced open and were swinging, and the curtains were flapping; the beds were tossed about, and the bolsters slashed and flung upon the floor; the brown mat was torn to pieces.†  (source)
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    "How long has he been at this?" the rector demanded of Christopher, who was sitting propped against a bolster, looking less grave than I had expected.†  (source)
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    Indar lounged against a bolster, a man at ease.†  (source)
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    His tiny sister, too young to understand what the game was about, had sat propped up against a bolster, laughing because the others were laughing.†  (source)
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    The cloud floated there to one side like the bolster on his grandmother's bed.†  (source)
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    Bending above the bed, she smoothed out the bolster and, as she straightened up, laid her hand for a moment on his moist, tangled hair.†  (source)
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    'I saw Phebe remove the bolster and then look down at a spot where the bolster had lain, on my side of the bed.†  (source)
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