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The confidence she instilled in us was really cool.

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In the book, he writes of "angry crescendos and heavy silences" from his parents' bedroom, which instilled a "constant watchfulness that became instinct before I understood why".

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Cox said during a news conference that bots from Russia and China are working online to “instill disinformation and encourage violence.”

“He always instilled in me that we fight for the underdog. There are literally millions of people whose lives he helped over the years who have no idea who he is.”

Four decades into her career, Gibson epitomizes the relentless drive that her momager instilled.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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