cultivate

By violating the truce, Moscow would have risked undermining its own efforts to cultivate the crucial relationship with her husband, US President Donald Trump.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

We rely on school for academics, and we cultivate grit, resilience and agency at home and on playing fields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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

This sounds as though I bemoan an older time, which is the preoccupation of the old, or cultivate an opposition to change, which is the currency of the rich and stupid.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

The steady support these characters give to one another is the secret to the success of Lion’s hagwon, which cultivates a caring, low-pressure educational environment as opposed to the usual factory-line exam drilling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

With its focused screenplay, “Ice Princess” quickly cultivates an atmosphere that’s sympathetic to Gen and Casey.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

He now cultivates dragon fruit on 11 acres producing around 220 tonnes a year.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 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

But now that I no longer live as a Catholic in a Catholic world, I cannot expect the liturgy—which reflects and cultivates my faith—to remain what it was.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

But Pope Leo's close ties to the world's most Catholic continent, cultivated over long years as a missionary and then archbishop in Peru, helped smooth the transition, she said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

They also cultivated spores under laboratory conditions to examine the fungus's physical characteristics and sequenced its genome, including its protein-coding genes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 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

His voice reminded me a little of Willem’s, deep, cultivated, the German with only a trace of Dutch accent.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

They must produce students who can use AI as a tool to amplify their thinking while still cultivating in those students’ minds the human inventiveness that AI can never replace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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

Dad said the hills around Welch were too steep for cultivating much of anything.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls