animating

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It is about much more profound questions of Britain's sovereignty, economy and place in the world which have been animating our politics for more than a decade now.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Democracy demands allegiance to ideals of human dignity and political equality, the protection of which is its animating purpose.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

The same animating spirit that drove the Founding Fathers led Cornelius Vanderbilt and Henry Ford to create business empires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Popular rule became the animating spirit of 1776, and it remains the reason why “Common Sense” still matters.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

Blood rushed to my brain; I felt an animating surge of adrenaline, of possibility, of a frontier being pushed outward.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover