SHORES (UP) Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

shores (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of shore (up)

as in carries

to hold up or serve as a foundation for a highway tunnel shored up by massive columns of concrete

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as in reinforces

to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea) used an avalanche of statistics to shore up his claim that the state's economy is in fine shape

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Verb

Duchien finished with 249 yards on 23-for-32 passing and 92 yards on 14 carries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Big plays boosted Roberts’ rushing totals to 211 yards on 24 carries with three TDs.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of carries

Verb

Anton’s investment in The Creatives reinforces the financial strength of the group and provides additional access to equity financing.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
The current situation in and around the Persian Gulf reinforces that tension because the threats facing Saudi Arabia are increasingly difficult to separate into discrete categories.

— John Calabrese, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of reinforces

Verb

Her work reflects a deep commitment to standing with the people whose labor sustains communities across California.

— The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
The lake creates a temperate microclimate that sustains one of the country’s most productive fruit-growing regions—and makes this the best possible place to forget a packed lunch.

— Mike Norton, Midwest Living, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of sustains

Verb

Some requests were for DeepSeek’s technology, a finding that bolsters assertions from Congress that the company is in bed with the CCP’s military and spying apparatus.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
Self-awareness bolsters leadership while self-surveillance nearly always undermines it.

— Carol Geffner, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of bolsters

Verb

The fact that hunting is a season — and not a year-round activity — supports this.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Though the pipeline hasn’t transported gas to Germany since 2022, the country’s far-right AfD supports resuming flows, which could allow US investors to profit.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of supports

Verb

Horror may now be respectable enough for its own sprawling exhibition at the Academy Museum, but Criterion’s October lineup proves there are still plenty of disreputable pleasures to be found.

— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
His style, reminiscent of Nick Cave, is incantatory, and the result is that the not-especially-melodic songs tend to bleed into each other with a sameness that ultimately proves monotonous.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of proves

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