induct
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I stand by all of this—until the unlikely event someone wants to induct me into a Hall of Fame, in which case I think it’s a fabulous idea, thank you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
It’s an anticlimactic return that feels more intended to scrub the remaining tarnish from her image than it does to induct her back into Vanderpump’s fold.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2025
In the end, both Oasis and Carey were overlooked last year - with voters choosing to induct Cher, Mary J Blige, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest instead.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2025
The Angels will induct Nolan Ryan into their Hall of Fame tonight and retire the No. 30 he wore during his eight years with them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024
No patrollers, no bosses, no cries of anguish to induct her into another’s despair.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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The Gorsedd inducts new members each year who have contributed to Welsh life.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2024
The foundation — which inducts artists into the hall of fame and was the organization behind the creation of its affiliated museum in Cleveland — made the announcement in a brief statement released Saturday.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2023
Occasionally the Hall inducts a true rock artist, for example, Pat Benatar, but increasingly that’s a happy accident.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2022
It hasn’t been easy lately for coaches to get into the Hall, which inducts no more than eight people per year.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2016
And presently Sir Henry, referring to the ring, made this suggestion: "Suppose we seal it up, and see whether it inducts the sound then as well as when exposed."
From The Blind Spot by Austin Hall
In 2022, when restaurant critic Bill Addison inducted Langer’s into the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
He was inducted into the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Open and inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Boston was appointed an MBE in 1986, and was among the first to be inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame, external when it was launched in 1990.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Every drüskelle in history has been inducted into the order through the same ceremony since Djel anointed the first of us.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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“There are few finer songwriters, male or female, that have ever lived,” said the pop singer Pink in her 2022 speech inducting Parton into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Perhaps most striking of all was how many female volunteers brought along their young daughters, inducting new generations of women into anticolonial politics.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
When it came to Fogerty, Springsteen didn’t mince words while inducting one of American music’s most prolific singer-songwriters.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2025
“The process of inducting new people to the community often involves signing them up for a shift to roast the pig,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
This does not have reference to the Pentecostal baptism, but to the work of the Holy Spirit in regeneration, inducting us into the body of Christ, the church.
From Sanctification by J. W. Byers
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