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Outside a grocery store, 60-year-old nurse Aila Heilima said she hoped the investment would "motivate young people to stay" in Muhos for work, instead of moving to bigger towns in search of job opportunities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Owner Ryan Chapman said, “It’s just a little way to motivate them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

“How do we get from the Columbian Exchange to Al Qaeda? What would motivate people to create a terrorist group? Why would America be a target?” he asked his class.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Ferguson famously used the story to motivate Team Europe's players at the 2014 Ryder Cup.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

It was a mission that would motivate and frustrate her all her life.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

“And if it hurts, hopefully it motivates those who are in power to make sure that when these things come to light, they put a stop to it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

This link between thinking and doing serves a clear function – it motivates us to get the necessities for life.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Princess Mononoke” proves that sometimes losing too much motivates us to help nature to regain some ground.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Those were the words Contepomi used to describe how Messi's greatness as an athlete motivates his side.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Yegey in the Hall of the Thirty-Three today: “I unalterably oppose this blockade of grain-exports to Karhide, and the spirit of competition that motivates it.”

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

Young people are motivated most to cast a ballot in order to take action on issues they care about.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

With unruly hair, round glasses, an affable demeanor and a taste for V-neck sweaters, Amodei is worlds away from the corporate executive archetype -- and seems to be motivated by something his peers are not.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Today, a motivated undergraduate at almost any university can engage with Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, John Maynard Keynes and hundreds of contemporary scholars in a single afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

One country regularly mentioned is Uzbekistan, who played in their first World Cup this summer, while Turner says Azerbaijan is pioneering a national talent network and "very forward-thinking and motivated to progress the game domestically".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The spontaneous decision to argue with that same co-worker is made unconsciously—by a different part of the brain and motivated by a different part of your personality.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Hoang says a motivating factor for her film was to confront cultural norms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Joseph Cavatoni, senior market strategist at the World Gold Council, told the BBC while wars and trade tensions were "playing into some of these decisions", it didn't "top the list" of motivating factors.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

We don’t know what was motivating the solo juror who wanted to send Clancy to jail rather than to a psychiatric hospital.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

If a client wants to buy, he tries to understand what’s motivating the desire.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

He later admitted that the game had a great effect in motivating him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady