The phrase "are now bracing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where individuals or groups are preparing for something challenging or difficult that is about to happen.
Example: "As the storm approaches, residents are now bracing for potential flooding and power outages."
Alternatives: "are now preparing" or "are now getting ready".
Furthermore, abortion rights advocates are now bracing for the worst.
For the current famine, analysts are now bracing for possibly hundreds of thousands of deaths.
American Muslims are now bracing themselves to see which of these ideas the president-elect will follow through on.
And you know what happens when you defy the U.N.? They are now bracing themselves for an angry letter.
Venezuelans are now bracing themselves for what seems likely to be a week of further tumult and polarisation.
As a result, governors are now bracing themselves for security breaches by UAVs to become a more frequent problem across Britain's 150 prisons.
The candidates are now braced to fight on even beyond Super Tuesday.
Israelis are now braced for retaliation threatened by Hamas, while the army keeps up an offensive against the group.
The markets are now braced for an even bigger rights issue by British Telecom.EM.TV, a struggling German media group, announced losses for last year of DM2.8 billion ($1.6 billion), far higher than had been expected.
However, reports in Germany have stated that Guardiola has already informed Bayern that he will not sign a new contract, with Bild also claiming the Bundesliga champions are now braced for his departure.
Ministers are now braced for nightly scenes of migrants breaching fencing, raising fears of a repeat of the 2002 Sangatte crisis which was only resolved by Britain handing out four-year work permits to 1,200 Iraqis and Afghans and by moving the UK border control from Dover to Calais.
