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Another win would embolden the government to pursue more companies’ international maneuvers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

The decision is expected to embolden the IRS to assert economic substance arguments more aggressively, according to attorney Robert Kovacev.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

The question is whether it will embolden Washington as it seeks effective control of infrastructure assets owned or controlled by Chinese companies.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

"Restricting access to these essential services not only endanger lives but embolden authorities to conceal and evade accountability for human rights abuses," it said.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026

The public takedown she’d executed on him, if anything, would embolden Toby—make him like her more.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

The pattern is familiar: Elites hesitate to name antisemitism clearly for fear of inflaming tensions, only to discover that ambiguity emboldens extremists rather than restraining them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

Lower-court judges should criticize these decisions because that emboldens people in the academy to write articles saying: “Yes, this is very bad. This should be anti-canonized.”

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025

Yossy Arefi, who adds lemon for brightness—it emboldens the earthiness of the carrots.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025

But DeBerry and others contend that it is the failure of police to make arrests that emboldens criminals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

Perhaps it’s the safe feeling that emboldens me.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

"We are concerned that if this case is decided against us, data centers across the country will be emboldened to go forward," Laura Thoms, enforcement director at Earthjustice, which is co-representing the NAACP, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Instead, the conflict has emboldened Iran’s leaders and mobilized their supporters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Perhaps emboldened by the support he has received from outside Europe in recent days, Infantino is not going to stand down easily.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The level of backing Infantino enjoys appears to have emboldened his approach to the presidency.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

In the cinematographic twilight, Bernard risked a gesture which, in the past, even total darkness would hardly have emboldened him to make.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

SpaceX’s historic offering in June went surprisingly smoothly despite its giant size, emboldening many companies to push forward with IPOs in the second-half of the year, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Over the past week, investors paid particular attention as four out of the “Magnificent Seven” megacap tech stocks reported earnings, with results that spooked some investors while emboldening others.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2025

Allowing agents to mask indiscriminately doesn’t just protect them; it also risks emboldening them to stretch the boundaries of the law.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2025

What matters is protecting a force like cinema that brings humans together, not emboldening the technology that keeps us apart.

From Salon ● May 24, 2025

There is nothing in the style, the transitions, or the sentiments, which represents the passions of a man emboldening himself to address his sovereign personally.

From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge