galvanize
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She later ran for school board and won in November, eager to galvanize change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
"We hope that this study will galvanize efforts to have yeast on board in future space explorations."
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026
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
The Stonewall uprising helped galvanize the gay rights movement.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2024
“Kudirat’s death will not be in vain, it will only galvanize the democratic movement in a way that even her life did not! I just wrote an article about this issue online in Nigerian Village.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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