motivated
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While a screening error might have let a weapon through, a motivated assailant should have been detected and caught long before reaching the airport, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
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
He added he was motivated to build a better model of care where "technology addressed some of the issues and frictions in the care sector".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
There was no evidence that Pelton felt any attraction to communism or had a personal desire to help the Soviet Union; he seemed to be motivated entirely by money.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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