animating force
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I’ve been trying to cut to, like, the animating force here, and I think that distrust is at the heart of it.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2023
The new sequel to that podcast, “Once Upon a Time...at Bennington College,” claims Sherman Oaks-bred “Less Than Zero” author Bret Easton Ellis as one of its central figures and its key animating force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
Many Palestinians consider the Aqsa compound the embodiment of Palestinian identity, the animating force behind the aspiration for a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
There are too many ballads that lack any animating force, that seem lifeless instead of languid.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2021
For all that, Lawrence remained unmistakably the animating force at Livermore, which soon acquired the operational features of a classic Lawrence laboratory.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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