motivate
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Learning with others, or having the support of others, can help motivate us to learn.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
I recently noticed a loss that surprised me: Classic sports movies don’t motivate my children as they do me.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Investors apparently landed on the conclusion that the tariffs would motivate smaller economies to become less reliant on the U.S. market.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Then there was the Hollywood fear factor to motivate him.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
I kept hoping the explanation would turn out to be more complex, that there’d turn out to be more than pure, blind hatred to motivate their actions.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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