The effort to shore up support for a yes vote was a tough one.

He also had a particular strategic purpose: to shore up his support in the South.

Lloyd needs to have him use his fame to shore up support.

Both returned to their core audiences to shore up support.

But he will have to shore up support within his own party, the Likud.

Both men have spent the last few weeks shoring up their support in that province.

Through mass mailings, they can shore up support among voters.

Some saw it as a cynical move to shore up support from environmentalists for a difficult re-election campaign next year.

In his third consecutive run against Levin, he was not able to shore up as much support, losing 57.4%-40.5%.

American officers said their mission was not just to make the city safe, but also to shore up support for beleaguered Iraqi forces.