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instill

[in-stil] / ɪnˈstɪl /


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To make up for this, Gray’s team tried to enlist several leading academic historians to instill more of an overarching narrative structure.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

The culture he wants to instill “is resonating. I hear it back in the hallways. I hear it at the cafeteria.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

The franchise is trying to eliminate reminders while attempting to instill hope for the future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

It also was a first for Green Dot, which typically had created new public charter schools from scratch, one grade at a time, to instill a strong culture of motivated families who assertively opt in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

His followers had helped so many people after the earthquake, but he was taking advantage of the trauma to instill fear in them, too.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

The book and the film — I consumed both and can report that Steven Spielberg’s adaptation is better — only instilled in me a deeper love and respect for sharks.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

While Forest head coach Oliver Glasner has work to do to get his side scoring goals, he's already instilled a solid foundation to build from at the back, as has Andoni Iraola at Liverpool.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Those experiences shaped their leadership but ultimately instilled an intensely personal approach to building Goruck that’s rooted in a special forces ethos of putting team first.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Before his 2011 death, Shockley instilled a philosophical hunger and love of language in his grandson — who later put a photo of the two of them on the cover of 2023’s “Ways of Knowing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

Alongside his parents, Nadal credits his uncle and longtime coach, Toni, with instilling his trademark mental toughness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The idea is that prevention is better than a cure when it comes to instilling financial responsibility in young people.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

Not only in picking up 11 points from seven games to preserve the club's top-flight status, but his growing influence is instilling belief in the squad.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

Attenborough's programmes succeeded in instilling in the public an unparallelled passion and wonder for the natural world, said Gouyon.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

I had so much—an education, a healthy sense of self, a deep arsenal of ambition—and I was wise enough to credit my mother, in particular, with instilling it in me.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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