cultivating

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Cultivating the illusion of peerless leadership is key to maintaining his grip on power and stifling threats of regime change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Cultivating young collectors and donors can nevertheless be challenging.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

Cultivating earthworms is sometimes easier said than done, notes Jan Willem Van Groenigen, a soil scientist at Wageningen University & Research who wasn’t involved in the new research.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023

Cultivating connections with British record labels and expanding his A&R staff, Moss set A&M on a path that led to such era-defining albums as 1976’s mega-selling double LP “Frampton Comes Alive!”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023

Cultivating a large garden, too, was difficult work—stooping over long rows of peas or collard greens, or keeping the rabbits or deer from eating your food.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson