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Although the Ortega family has shored up its ties to China, Russia and Cuba in recent years, the United States is still by far Nicaragua’s top trading partner.

Hamilton also shored up its ground game by signing James Butler to a two-year deal.

On a multi-leg trip that took him to Asia this month, Biden shored up relations with some of China’s neighbors.

Biden has shored up relationships there, in the hope that a united front sends a clear message to an increasingly assertive Beijing.

Bowman said the team's goal is to have the defensive corps shored up "by the stretch run," and said Emberson, Brown and Stecher will be given every opportunity to prove themselves.

The club is hopeful of having its roster shored up by the beginning of March.

The company has been engulfed by a crisis which has seen shareholders refuse to pay a £500m lifeline injection that would have shored up its finances, as well as fierce criticism over Thames Water's handling of leaks and sewage treatment.

Tuberville then insisted that the U.S. military needs to be shored up.

Ardern's liberal cause is likely to be shored up by the Green Party which is predicted to take eight seats.

However, Baltimore general manager Eric DeCosta shored up the position by nabbing veteran defensive end Derek Wolfe from the Denver Broncos on a one-year deal worth up to $6 million.

NV3 and 4 will likely be shored up, perhaps turning the second into more of a Republican vote sink.

The addition of cornerback Marcus Peters during the season shored up a solid secondary that includes safety Earl Thomas and cornerbacks Marlon Humphrey and Brandon Carr.

Since then, the Department of Homeland Security and state and local officials have significantly improved their information sharing and shored up vulnerabilities, but “much work … remains to be done,” Burr cautioned.

So, it makes sense the Blazers shored up their options at center while Nurkic continues to rehab, adding Whiteside and Gasol.

The Republican side shored up their positions in a more succinct and clear manor, focusing on education reform as a means to accessing common benefits with democrats.

A narrative that seeks to pin onto India the tag of the world’s most dangerous country for women is simply not shored up by data.

Cars and bikes have always shored on the opposite ends of the river of technology and progress.

Engineers shored up Lateral D, a channel that runs into the Wolf River in east Shelby County.

For his part, Andrew shored up his lack of sleep at night with daytime naps.

Jurgen Klopp’s side took Manchester City’s defence apart in the first half and shored up their own in the second.