animating force

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The Court did so even though the plaintiffs were not questioning their detention — the animating force behind habeas petitions — and were instead objecting to their looming deportation.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

But the quest to recreate that one sound proved to be the animating force of his life.

From New York Times • May 29, 2023

But, really, the animating force in the region is the UAE, the architect of “no-problem” foreign policy.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023

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

Instead, I sank my energy into being the sole animating force in my little common-area universe.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama