uplifting

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Not exactly the most uplifting news when it feels like the apocalypse is just outside our doors.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

“We want to honor norteña music, regional music, more than anything to keep uplifting this movement that we’re experiencing right now,” said vocalist Joel Espinoza.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

In different degrees they provide a sterling example of American “soft power,” projecting uplifting and inspiring images to audiences across the world in the postwar years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Petro, who identifies as a non-practicing Catholic, went to Catholic school and has express his admiration for "liberation theology" -- a school of Christian thought focused on uplifting the poor and marginalized.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Where I floated, under the dark water, I heard the happiest sound my mind could conjure up — as beautiful, as uplifting, as it was ghastly.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer