inspiration
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Beyond its own career, Television became a key inspiration for Sonic Youth and Geese, which shared Television’s downtown panache and coils of guitar noise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Travelers are using AI more to find travel accommodations, get inspiration and plan trips, but the vast majority haven’t used it to actually close a booking transaction, Gorin says on CNBC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
While Bayern are convinced their new investment in Kane's brilliance will be rewarded with further honours, Tuchel will hope it is motivation and inspiration to finally end the country's long wait for international glory.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Of course, a grocery list is only so useful without a little inspiration.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
“Aunt March had a good fit and sent the supper,” cried Jo, with a sudden inspiration.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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Pat and Jerry Brown as inspirations, citing the younger Brown’s fiscal expertise and the elder’s work to build infrastructure and grow the University of California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
But that is the great joy of Anderson’s “Resident Evil” films: They are so remarkably stylized, so absurdly over-the-top, so referential and deferent to Anderson’s own inspirations, that they’ve become singular visions.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Spohn cites “Game of Thrones,” “Lord of the Rings,” “Dungeons & Dragons,” “Star Wars” and even “The Parent Trap” as some of the more popular cultural inspirations for newbies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Her inspirations, meanwhile, extend well beyond her own family.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
It is here that we have ideas and inspirations, here that we read and write, here that we do mathematics and compose music.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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