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It was also likely a means to galvanize himself against how that experience alerted him to the omnipresent nearness of death.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

"We hope that this study will galvanize efforts to have yeast on board in future space explorations."

From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2026

César Caballero, director of the Colombian pollster Cifras y Conceptos, said Petro sees an opportunity to galvanize support ahead of next May’s presidential elections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

Five years since 17-year-old Darnella Frazier stood on the curb outside Cup Foods, raised her phone, and bore witness to nine minutes and 29 seconds that would galvanize a global movement against racial inequality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025

Ann quickly found a focus for her housing work that fall, in two incidents that would galvanize the black community in Durham over the next few years.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

It just sort of galvanizes and I'm seeing all of that now.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

Set in the tumultuous period post-9/11, “American Idiot” galvanizes the youthful spirit of rebellion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024

These dynamics are very different from other evolutionary systems where inter-group conflict galvanizes cooperative responses -- the nested and sequential nature of the evolution of natural resource governance systems causes the difference.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

Such evidence of depravity typically galvanizes global action and demands for justice.

From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2023

Seeing the paper chain in danger galvanizes them into action.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

In all those incidents, bearing witness galvanized the public.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

The Liuzzo family was harassed for their mother’s activism even after her death, but the event galvanized activists all over the country, becoming one impetus for Congress to finally pass the landmark 1965 legislation.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

They were there when the devastating Santa Barbara oil spill blackened beaches, turned the shoreline into a wildlife graveyard, and galvanized grassroots defense of the coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

"In the winter time, when the weather's bad, that's kind of when we thrive... We're open 365 days a year," said Matuszewski, who described how the World Cup had galvanized interest in soccer.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

In a corner of the room stand two galvanized buckets filled to the rim with water.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Perhaps, someday in the future, the spirit of 2020 will be revived with a new galvanizing philosophy: Most of our fellow citizens might actually be good people.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

It’s been galvanizing to hear cheers on the sidewalk and realize that a crowd has been watching a match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

She died days after the Women’s March, a galvanizing nationwide event attended by many who count her among the forces that awakened their feminism.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

She said the peaceful demonstrations since the start of the sprawling immigration raids were a strength of the movement galvanizing against the raids.

From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026

The effect was galvanizing: his muddied half-chewed tail stirred and he raised his shoulders, then his forelegs, with a convulsive effort, like an old work horse getting up after a fall.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford