nurture
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Other Mommy promises to nurture Bela, but clearly she represents the worst type of matriarch imaginable: one who is frightening, controlling and dangerous.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
This means you must nurture the DNA of the business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
To channel it effectively, Brach advocates mindfulness, in particular the "RAIN" strategy - recognise the emotion, allow yourself to experience it, investigate the cause, and nurture feelings of understanding.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
From early in his rap career, he expressed his desire to become a producer so he could sign and nurture other talent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The alleged controversy is as bogus as other catchy dichotomies such as nature versus nurture and America: Love It or Leave It.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Osman believes Dibling's time in the shadows at Everton is an example of how Moyes nurtures young players, preferring to shape them to what he requires rather than adopting an instant "sink or swim" approach.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Conventional wisdom now has it that Hollywood no longer creates and nurtures young stars in the way it once did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
He correctly wagered that allowing the audience to sit with one of his families inside their living space as they sort life challenges nurtures understanding and empathy.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025
Berlin’s international reputation as a liberal, relaxed city that nurtures artists’ freedom to express whatever they want is under threat.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
The water roars and tumbles below us, sending up a soft spray that nurtures mosses and maidenhair ferns where it falls.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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Ben Shelton's name rarely cropped up when Juan Carlos Ferrero - the former world number one who nurtured Carlos Alcaraz to stardom - teased he was going to coach a new player.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
My nascent cinephilia was nurtured by movies on VHS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
A common trait I’ve found among repeat champions is a prominent chip on their shoulder, from slights both real and imagined, often nurtured for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Read: Hardcore gamers nurtured Nvidia and the AI boom.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Except for the birds and reptiles, all these animals were marsupials—like kangaroos, they gave birth to tiny, helpless, fetus-like young which they then nurtured with milk in abdominal pouches.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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Haeder also emphasises the benefits that a fairer promotion system would bring for German football as a whole, arguing that eastern clubs would be better equipped to continue nurturing youth talent.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
“But the smell and warmth is very nurturing and comforting.”
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The world’s most valuable company, Nvidia, is nurturing an entirely new asset class to keep chip sales humming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Complicating matters, he has never been particularly generous or nurturing, and he has no spouse, children or other immediate next of kin.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Public Allies was all about promise—finding it, nurturing it, and putting it to use.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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