stabilize

This gave the Germans time to stabilize and dig in on the “hedgerow front” before St. Lô.

And if he can stabilize this sliver of the country, it could prevent another devastating war.

It's going to require us to stabilize Syria in some fashion.

He says again and again that he hopes Russia will cooperate to stabilize the situation in Ukraine.

In the delicate efforts to stabilize Ukraine that lie ahead, shale gas will not be very important over the short term.

This doubtless tended to eliminate cut-throat competition and thus stabilize the industry.

Secretary Redfield undertook to stabilize prices by arbitrarily fixing them.

After the nitration, the acid is removed and the nitrocotton boiled up in water to stabilize it.

Yet it is plain that the effect of these dinners was to stabilize prices for steel.

Could he have simply claimed to have done so in an effort to stabilize his own power?