The phrase "solidify around" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the process of forming a consensus or agreement among a group or when ideas or concepts become more defined and stable.
Example: "As the team discussed the project, their ideas began to solidify around a common goal."
Alternatives: "converge on" or "form around".
Throughout the summer and early fall, congressional Democrats were unable to solidify around a plan to make blocking upper-income tax cuts their campaign centerpieces.
After about 45 minutes, check on it – as soon as it starts to solidify around the edges, stir with a fork, mixing the solid ice into liquid.
The other ink dispensers would take their turn, laying down a lattice of collagen and fibroblasts that would solidify around the network of fugitive ink, encasing it in tan-colored living tissue.
Now (1) is a variant of Sidgwick's thesis that common-sense moralities tend to solidify around rules which are believed to have generally beneficial consequences, where the benefit is cashed out in terms of human welfare.
"We call ourselves a next generation media company," says Prager "As business models solidify around our type of content, Revision 3 would be remiss not to start looking at what a media company would look like in 2020".
Molten 1% agarose in 0.5X Tris-Borate-EDTA buffer (TBE; Gibco BRL, Rockville, MD), cooled to 50°C, was poured and allowed to solidify around the comb.
Analyst opinion seems to be solidifying around the idea that the output cut question is "when" rather than "whether".
Later the quartet solidified around a lineup with the drummer Bob Moses, turning heads during a tour of Europe.
The poll shows that the pattern of politics is solidifying around a steady five-point Labour lead.
Mr. Drasler added that "the strength of the students as a group really solidified around the shared experience of this event".
The night solidified around "Emmett Till: Defiant, Fearless," a 20-minute suite alternately using the jazz quartet, the strings and all the musicians together.
