inspire
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The news that Mariska Hargitay will host this year’s Primetime Emmys didn’t inspire many posts in the usual social spaces, and there’s a good reason why.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Shah said on X that he hoped the anniversary would "inspire us all to move forward towards building a fair, transparent, and opportunity-filled Nepal".
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Saying you found another credit card that you haven’t maxed out in your stack of 20 doesn’t actually inspire confidence.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
He said the awards were "an opportunity to inspire the next generation of Welsh storytellers".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
What I see I inspire with usefulness, I think, trying to suck in breath, and all that I do not see is useless, void.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
You should expect no less for Raising Cane’s, a chicken-finger spot that inspires something close to religious devotion among its growing flock.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
It inspires me, so it’s like a natural spring well of water that I go to every Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The latest reboot inspires more scepticism than hope for some in Cheorwon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
As John McKay, a musicologist, writes, “the very idea” of such a device inspires “a sense of awe and wonder.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I’m sure Miss Nita would be pleased to know she inspires such loyalty from a ship breaker.”
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Still, Coast FI has inspired some early career adults to give priority to retirement saving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
More recently, investigations of financial misdeeds have inspired public ennui.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
“When patrons see how much money they’ve saved,” Lipinski told me, “we hope they are inspired to keep coming back and saving even more!”
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Jacob Greaves: Stern test against the inspired Cody Gakpo, showing the quality he will face in the Premier League.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Tal’s style was filled with wild, inspired combinations, intuitive sacrifices, and pyrotechnics.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Today, the scene in China’s rugged south is inspiring more than just poets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Meta is far from the only company trying to build quickly without inspiring too much input from the rabble.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
A few weeks later my dad saw “Stand and Deliver,” the inspiring movie about high-school math teacher Jaime Escalante, who pushed his inner-city students to excel in Advanced Placement calculus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"I think inspiring just one person to pick up the craft would be enough for me," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
This was inspiring, but dangerous: the police took the names and addresses of all the spectators in the galleries, and photographed them as they left the court.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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