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The government is toughening antidrug laws.
weight lifting will help toughen those flabby muscles of yours
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Under Merz, Germany has also taken steps to toughen its immigration system to reduce the number of asylum-seekers entering the country.
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Daniel Bush, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
But the Chinese have been toughened by prior experience with capricious and authoritarian-minded governments.
—Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 3 June 2025
Just as skin can be toughened through manual labour, so the brain can be rewired to plough through difficulty.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 May 2025
This is largely driven by toughening European Union carbon dioxide restrictions aimed at gradually and relentlessly outlawing the sale of new sedans and SUVs powered by internal combustion engines by 2035.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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Daniel Bush, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
But the Chinese have been toughened by prior experience with capricious and authoritarian-minded governments.
—Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 3 June 2025
Just as skin can be toughened through manual labour, so the brain can be rewired to plough through difficulty.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 May 2025
This is largely driven by toughening European Union carbon dioxide restrictions aimed at gradually and relentlessly outlawing the sale of new sedans and SUVs powered by internal combustion engines by 2035.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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“Toughen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toughen. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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