| Mentally prepared |
LA Times Daily |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Girded (oneself) |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Mistakenly deletes the word "hardened" (7) |
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| Braced (oneself) |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2022 |
| Braced |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jul 2022 |
| Made resolute |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Feb 2022 |
| Strengthened |
Premier Sunday |
10 Jan 2021 |
| Girded |
New York Times |
22 May 2020 |
| Prepared (oneself), as for a difficult task |
LA Times Daily |
12 Mar 2019 |
| Prepared (oneself), as for a difficult task |
The Washington Post |
12 Mar 2019 |
| Made resolute |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Feb 2019 |
| Prepared (oneself), as for a difficult task |
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| Fortified |
The New Yorker |
10 Sep 2018 |
| Braced oneself |
Universal |
02 Apr 2018 |
| Filled with resolve |
Universal |
24 Feb 2018 |
| Braced oneself |
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| Filled with resolve |
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| Psyched up |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Dec 2015 |
| Psyched up |
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| Girded |
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| Braced (oneself) |
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| Prepared for bad news, say |
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| Braced (oneself), as for a challenge |
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| Braced (oneself), as for a challenge |
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| Girded (oneself) |
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| Hardened (oneself) |
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| Made tough |
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| Toughened |
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| Ready for the bad news |
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| Prepared, as for a daunting task |
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| Girded (oneself) |
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| Prepared, as for a daunting task |
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| Toughened up |
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| Made tough |
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| Filled with determination |
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| Made strong |
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| Prepared for bad news, say |
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| Filled with determination |
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| Made strong |
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| Braced oneself for impact |
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| Braced (oneself) |
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| Became determined |
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| Ready for action |
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| Toughened up |
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| Filled with resolve |
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| Toughened |
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| Strengthened (oneself) |
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| Hardened |
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| Braced |
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| Braced (oneself) |
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| Toughened |
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| Made unyielding |
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| Hardened |
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| Ready |
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| Girded (oneself) |
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| Became resolute |
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| Made hard |
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| Made resolute |
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| Prepared for the worst |
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| Hardened |
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| Inured |
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| Made tough |
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| Rendered insensitive |
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| Girded one's loins |
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| Prepared to grin and bear it |
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| Set oneself against |
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| Filled with resolution |
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| Braced for shock |
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| Reinforced. |
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| Hardened. |
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| Made resolute. |
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| Made tough. |
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| Made strong. |
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| Rendered inflexible. |
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| Nerved oneself for crisis. |
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| Made unfeeling. |
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| Braced (for) |
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