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Some analysts argue that a finding Myanmar committed genocide may actually embolden Min Aung Hlaing, confirming he can rub shoulders with world leaders regardless.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

Devoted to rank-and-file labor organizing, it wants to put its people into key industries—logistics and public education, for example—and then embolden their unions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

It is far from certain whether the coming weeks and months will embolden or strengthen Farage, or serve to emphasise the tight spot he is already in.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Joshua Burt, a regional director for the Anti-Defamation League, called the suggested sentence “woefully inadequate” and said he feared it would embolden violence against the Jewish community.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

But once it did occur to him, it seemed to embolden him, even past the point of caution.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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

The case appears rather robust, and also emboldens California's similar case.

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

Inaction only emboldens the Truman’s enemies, which in this case include gravity and potentially an octopus, and encourages further mischief.

From Slate ● May 8, 2025

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

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025

Still, it emboldens her to do another thing she hasn’t been able to do—to see what she’s been missing.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

That crisis of confidence, Ziegler told me, emboldened cancer patients.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Karim, another would-be migrant turned back, said news of some successful crossings emboldened many to make their own attempt.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

For now, Infantino is as emboldened as he has ever been.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

He did not feel defeated by the end of the Soviet Union; he felt emboldened by it.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

OpenAI’s value continued to surge as AI took off, as did the value of Arm, emboldening Son to pile more money into the company and the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 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

The impulse to write what you know can be as emboldening as it can be restricting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024

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