cultivate

A fraudster can try to cultivate a financial or romantic relationship by pretending to be someone else.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Being on site helps reporters cultivate sources and break news, which in turn helps inform those of us who don’t have access to the building.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Clive Davis had the unique ability to recognize and cultivate great talent in its most nascent phase,” Friedlander said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Moscow has tried to cultivate deeper ties with New Delhi, which has long been a loyal recipient of Russian oil and arms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Now he saw her as a frail woman content to do tiny things; to grow and cultivate small life that would not hurt her if it died: rhododendron, goldfish, dahlias, geraniums, imperial tulips.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

What he cultivates instead is patience – the type of glacial cool it takes to seize a cosmic destiny.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

When a promotion affords her a workspace, she cultivates a fixation with paperweights, which help keep her daydreaming grounded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

How he works with the White House - and the kind of relationship he cultivates with the president - could prove crucial for implementing his agenda.

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026

Its rich soil has facilitated high production levels, and the region now cultivates one third of England's vegetables and 20 percent of its potatoes and beetroots.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

A leader must also tend his garden; he, too, plants seeds, and then watches, cultivates, and harvests the result.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

His instantly recognisable power suit and red tie, ever-present in film and reality TV, were cultivated even before he moved into the White House.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Sand has long cultivated a moderate image and played up pursuits like his love of hunting and predilection for gas station breakfast pizza.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

It causes the most serious fungal disease affecting cultivated rice and has also become a major threat to wheat and barley in parts of Asia and Africa.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

There, despite a five percent decrease in cultivated areas production is set to come in up 10 percent on 2025, albeit still 11 percent below the 2021-2025 average.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The sap lacquer was a product of another and much smaller tree, which the mulefa cultivated for that purpose.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Environmental evidence from plant and animal remains in the prehistoric era indicates a farming community cultivating crops such as barley and wheat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Coral reef recovery is a highly active area of research, with efforts ranging from using artificial nurseries to rescue reefs to finding and cultivating more heat-tolerant species.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

At age 12, Martínez Celaya entered into an apprenticeship with a painter — the start of his formal artistic training — and around the same time he began cultivating an interest in writing and philosophy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Many operate out of massive compounds overseas, cultivating deep emotional or romantic attachments with their victims online.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Like Bentley, Whittaker Chambers—a prominent journalist for Time magazine—spent years as an underground Soviet agent in the 1930s, cultivating informers and passing secret documents to his contacts in the GRU, the USSR's military intelligence service.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau