| Four veteran starters were signed as free agents to shore up the middle of the league's most porous defense. |
| They were able to gain access a second time only after additional work to shore up the badly damaged structure. |
| Willow will be planted to shore up the banks of the River Devon and wetland created to soak up water on neighbouring hilltops. |
| The fatal fraud was the result of his action in buying quantities of shares in a distilling firm in an effort to shore up the share price. |
| But also it does not want to shore up companies which have been mismanaging their pensions or not contributing adequately. |
| When a firm is taken over, for example, there is no obligation on the new owner to shore up a fund in deficit. |
