encouraging

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Pakistani and Qatari mediators said encouraging progress was made at the first round of talks held in Switzerland a week ago, which US Vice-President JD Vance and Iran's Parliamentary Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf attended.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

It is certainly encouraging that Roberts and Barrett offered a full-throated vindication of this foundational guarantee.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026

“She was constantly checking up on me, sending me texts, encouraging me,” Watkins said of Bueckers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

“What we’re doing is ultimately encouraging more production.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

There is also a stack of walking sticks propped up beside a handwritten message encouraging visitors to use them.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day