instills
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In Miami Beach, tech entrepreneur John Marshall built an elementary school that is expanding into a middle and soon a high school, called BaseCamp305, that he says instills an entrepreneurial spirit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
"He's got good control of the game. It instills confidence," said Austro.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
Sennott’s advice reflects the same audacious energy she instills in Maia.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025
Harbaugh’s specialty is how he instills confidence in players, especially his quarterbacks, Mortensen said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
It instills domineering, despotic habits into the owners, cringing subservience into the owned.
From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by William Stearns Davis