animate
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The interplay between them lacks the razor sharpness that should animate their scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Another used A.I. to animate a photo of Walters, the digital replica lamenting his sentence of “death by incarceration.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
They just needed to submit photographs of themselves and their loved ones, and AI would then animate the material following specific prompts.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
In “Grass Breathing,” Mendieta, hidden beneath squares of sod, uses her own respiration to animate the earth above.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
Images from the day animate themselves, jumbling in my vision.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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“Their hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their AI products — a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
AI companies' "hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their A.I. products -- a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale," said A.G.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
It is the question at the heart of that novel that animates Ms. Popova’s own work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
That core truth animates the centuries-old English tradition of equity, which developed as a system to do justice when courts of law weren’t up to the task.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2025
This entire episode took me from fear to a rage that burned in me then, animates me now, and will likely leave me on fire for the rest of my days.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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While most of his career was spent onstage, you’ll find his name in the credits of many films and shows and hear his baritone in a slew of video games and animated work.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
And he was the voice of a small character in the animated film of Richard Adams' novel The Plague Dogs.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Then came the Inside Out juggernaut, an exploration of the human emotional landscape whose sequel became the highest-grossing animated film of all time upon its release in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Audiences for animated movies are proving to be more diverse than the industry expected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Ms. Campbell moved off to the side, still speaking into her phone with animated flair.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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But a new analysis shared first with Votebeat suggests that, six years later, the issue may be losing some of its animating power for candidates.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
It is about much more profound questions of Britain's sovereignty, economy and place in the world which have been animating our politics for more than a decade now.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
Democracy demands allegiance to ideals of human dignity and political equality, the protection of which is its animating purpose.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
We can tell that some animating spirit has left a body; we can see the corporeal before and after.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
Instead, I sank my energy into being the sole animating force in my little common-area universe.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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