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nourish

[nur-ish, nuhr-] / ˈnɜr ɪʃ, ˈnʌr- /


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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

“They were community builders, they were people who wanted to nourish you in every way, and they were so good at it.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

That has been exacerbated, she said, by homeowners’ failure to comply with terms of the original permit, which required them to provide sand to cover the geotubes—sand that would naturally erode and nourish other beaches.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

Meaningless words that didn’t nourish us, that didn’t comfort us, that kept us prisoners in her alphabet world.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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

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

Louis says he can never feel warm – a common complaint among vampires, certainly, but in a land ravaged by cruelty it depletes instead of nourishes.

From Salon May 13, 2024

“To nourish the falcon. And the falcon then nourishes man. And, eventually, man will nourish your sands, where the game will once again flourish. That’s how the world goes.”

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

"It's enriched and nourished my life and my sense of my national identity so much to find out more and more about this," he said.

From BBC Sep. 3, 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

“You can travel and be nourished instead of tired at the end.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

People in your life should make you feel safe, nourished and valued.

From MarketWatch Feb. 25, 2026

Archaeologists have demonstrated that the first farmers in many areas were smaller and less well nourished, suffered from more serious diseases, and died on the average at a younger age than the hunter-gatherers they replaced.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

"It's cliché but kind of creating and nourishing new life and new growth is just really the circle of life."

From BBC Aug. 30, 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

Already, though, by 2,000 years ago, Romans were also nourishing themselves with their own hodgepodge of foods that mostly originated elsewhere.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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