encouragement
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Bagehot would recognize the goal: Reduce the encouragement to take risk, known as moral hazard, that offering guarantees in advance creates, but retain the ability to mount a rescue in a crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
He didn’t know if offering encouragement would help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
He’s also the kind of person who needs constant encouragement to take action.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
But when viewed in one way of many, “Howl’s Moving Castle” is an encouragement to look inward and see the truth about ourselves honestly and kindly.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
And Sayeh would probably never have sung in front of the class without my encouragement.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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
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
If you’ve spent any time on social media or visited an athletic event lately, you’ve surely been bombarded with encouragements to drink more water.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
Unhealthy fan culture should be cracked down on, and voting segments of programmes strictly controlled, with encouragements for fans to spend money to vote strictly forbidden, said the notice.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2021
You wouldn’t budge, though the boys whispered encouragements.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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