nourish
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“Leo wants to reawaken those Christian roots, those seedlings. He wants to nourish that. His presence is intended to do that,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The ranchers depend on snowmelt that feeds the Colorado River and its tributaries to nourish grasses and hay pastures for their herds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Foreign Minister Robert Dussey of Togo, which sponsored the resolution, said maps "guide education, nourish the imagination, and influence collective perceptions."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
It will be a reminder of what food media can offer when it chooses to nourish more than our appetites.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
It was wonderful how refreshed and strengthened he felt as the food began to nourish him.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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A rich stew of influences nourishes his work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
But it can remind artists that if “Moon” matters, so still must a Kennedy Center that nourishes and produces such work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
I cook because I love to make things, I love to eat tasty things and I love to do something that nourishes people and, hopefully, makes them happy.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2024
Scientists have known for years that a lattice of blood vessels nourishes cells in the retina that allow us to see -- but it's been a mystery how the intricate structure is created.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2024
The society has produced and nourishes a psychology which brings out the lowest, most base part of human beings.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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From being a child I was what you would call "well nourished".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
It’s also her first album in more than a decade, one that maintains the neo-soul continuum she’s nourished since her multi-platinum 2000 debut, “Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds, Vol. 1.”
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
It will undoubtedly make Na’s gallows-humor-inflected brand more global, even if it lifts him out of the cult niche that’s nourished him to date.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
“You can travel and be nourished instead of tired at the end.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
And felt himself nourished by the plasma of letters and syllables that had come to denote a commitment to gallantry among the men with whom he had chosen to spend his life.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Eat Social's sandwich shop venture launched three months ago and it puts 100% of its profits towards its community meals programme, external, providing nourishing meals to groups in schools.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Some of the products that flow through Malé to Moscow are designated under sanctions as dual-use, meaning they could be used for military or civilian purposes, such as nourishing the country’s sanctioned airline industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
On top of that, the cultural obsession with efficiency doesn’t align with a diet that views cooking as a nourishing daily ritual.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Glial cells play essential supporting and nourishing roles in the brain.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
I thought about the most nourishing liquids I could concoct.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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