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mobilize

[moh-buh-lahyz] / ˈmoʊ bəˌlaɪz /


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Machado, who slipped out of hiding in Venezuela last December to receive her Nobel, said she had returned home to "mobilize society."

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The findings suggest that sauna bathing may temporarily mobilize immune cells that normally remain in tissues, allowing them to circulate more widely throughout the body.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Cheers erupted from apartment windows and car horns blared across São Paulo after a frantic last-minute push by musicians, celebrities and campaigners to mobilize first-round abstainers and secure da Silva’s victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Any campaign’s quest to mobilize additional voters, therefore, must find them among citizens without a strong sense of civic duty.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

They lacked, it seemed, the capacity to mobilize.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

At its best, liberalism in America focuses attention on the gap between principles and practices and mobilizes public support to close these gaps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Development Finance Corporation, a government agency that typically mobilizes capital for investment in developing countries, will provide discounted political risk insurance and guarantees for maritime transit.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

He has also served as the executive director of Global Justice, an organization that educates and mobilizes students around global human rights and economic justice.

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2025

Art mobilizes against bullets, bombs and tanks in “Porcelain War,” a documentary about how beauty not only persists amid the wreckage of warfare but serves as a necessary existential weapon of its own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

“Look how El Lider mobilizes the people to protect his causes,” Jorge del Pino told his daughter.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

It’s just that it happened in the million imperceptible ways that never quite grabbed enough headlines to seem like the fully organized, mobilized, nationwide movement it was.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

Nonprofit election protection organizations mobilized civic, business, and religious leaders to bolster support for threatened election officials.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

The government has mobilized 70,000 officers nationwide from the police and gendarmerie, a branch of the armed forces with policing duties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

“We mobilized our team and literally went door to door for weeks,” Lehmkuhl said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Today marks the beginning of a determined, organized, mobilized campaign to get the right to vote everywhere in Alabama,” he told the crowd.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

BERKELEY, Calif.—Inside Berkeley’s tallest office building, a small community of artificial intelligence researchers at a co-working space called Constellation has been mobilizing to save the world from apocalypse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

“I’ve been doing this work for 30 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this. ...People from San Diego up to Eureka and Humboldt, everybody is mobilizing because everybody realizes what’s at risk.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

To win, El-Sayed is counting on mobilizing a progressive base, outraged by Trump's second term, and targeting bread-and-butter issues of importance across the political divide.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Bass said the Friday directive will not be her last executive order mobilizing resources for Boyle Heights following the fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

“I think we all hoped never to talk about her again. Unfortunately, it sounds as if we don’t have much choice. Rumor has it she’s retaken her throne, and her armies are mobilizing again.”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley


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