encouragement
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Until last week’s combined intervention, both Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, had tried to boost the yen merely through verbal encouragement — but that strategy proved unsuccessful.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Manas said that getting support and encouragement was "vital" for a young musician.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
He parried worries about this World Cup with a groovy encouragement:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Several chapters are devoted to Kip’s stories of defusing bombs and saving English lives, all aided by Lord Suffolk’s encouragement.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
All he needed was a bit more encouragement.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
I wonder how well and efficiently he would have written it with frequent and intermittent shouts being thrown his way, regardless of whether they were insults or encouragements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
A group of men were using their bare hands to try and free her as an anxious crowd stood outside, calling out encouragements to the rescuers.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2023
To get out of the slump and push the quality upward again, I clap my hands and shout encouragements like a ranting soccer coach: “Come on now!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
The chat and commenters on Twitter were screaming encouragements, hyped as all hell to have the privilege of watching Malenia fall for the 1,000th time.
From The Verge ● May 11, 2022
Coach O was shouting instructions and encouragements as Luke slowly pushed himself up to his hands and knees.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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