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- noun Plural form of
gird . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
gird .
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Examples
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Mr. Papademos has called on the three parties that make up his coalition government to back the demanded reforms, including the controversial cuts in private-sector pay, even as Greece girds for elections widely expected to take place in April.
Greece to Lay Off 15,000 Public-Sector Workers Stelios Bouras 2012
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McClatchy: Senate girds for Saturday vote and long battle on health care
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Illinois Pension's Atlanta Play As Atlanta's market girds for a long recovery, the Illinois state teachers' pension fund is making a play for a piece of the upturn.
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"Ah, well, Liu Ling was wiser than you," the White Logic girds.
Chapter 36 2010
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As Sen. Barbara Boxer girds for a tough reelection battle, she is crisscrossing California during the Senate recess to highlight what she sees as concrete accomplishments in the last year - jobs created by the economic stimulus package, benefits from the healthcare bill for seniors and the ill and tax breaks for businesses that are hiring the unemployed.
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India's industrial output rose at its weakest pace in nine months in May, the latest sign of slowdown for Asia's third-largest economy even as it girds for another interest rate increase this month as inflation persists.
Asia in Pictures 2011
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In the mornings, Adele girds herself for the trip to work as a warrior for battle.
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The legal action involving mobile-communications technology comes as the Ottawa patent-licensing firm girds more attempts to bulk up to better wage patent battles.
Wi-LAN Sues Apple, Others Over Patents Carolyn King 2011
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She girds herself with strength; and performs her tasks with vigor.
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Brain scientists are beginning to understand that the biochemistry and neuronal network that under girds the structure of the brain is constantly re-organizing and adapting to changes in the outer world.
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