instilling

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Not only in picking up 11 points from seven games to preserve the club's top-flight status, but his growing influence is instilling belief in the squad.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

“It should be framed to help people make informed decisions rather than instilling a crisis mentality,” Mitchell said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

“That relationship is not exactly instilling trust at the moment,” Seger told the Spokesman Review, a local Spokane news outlet.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

Last month, CVS Health said it expects to achieve an adjusted earnings compound annual growth rate in the midteens through 2028, instilling long-term confidence in a turnaround narrative.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

I had so much—an education, a healthy sense of self, a deep arsenal of ambition—and I was wise enough to credit my mother, in particular, with instilling it in me.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama