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Longer waits allow more children to watch the movie for the first time in theaters, while adults cultivate nostalgia for a film they loved as kids.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

This will require you to cultivate the courage of your own convictions, since you will need to believe you’re right and the market is wrong.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 4, 2026

Despite all its problems, I still think that it’s got a lot of appeal…people like the culture that we cultivate here.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

"Athletes have been taking to social media and using it ambitiously to cultivate followings, to strike brand deals, to make money, to leverage their popularity."

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Marcos maintained that his niece’s gift could be a source of income and a good opportunity for him to cultivate his own clairvoyance.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

How he works with the White House - and the kind of relationship he cultivates with the president - could prove crucial for implementing his agenda.

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026

But she has infuriated Xi at a bad time for Trump, as he cultivates a relationship with the Chinese leader.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

Its rich soil has facilitated high production levels, and the region now cultivates one third of England's vegetables and 20 percent of its potatoes and beetroots.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

She cultivates at least a single voice, stylistically appropriate, for each of her books.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025

Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work, try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and eliminate what cannot succeed.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Throughout his career, Graham cultivated a reputation for his focus on issues like immigration reform, national security and criminal justice, including reaching across the aisle for more bipartisanship politics in his earlier years in office.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

Guo became a critic of China's Communist regime and cultivated a wide online following among the Chinese community in the US.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Valdez’s post presented a unique moment of decision for the reclusive artist: to reply risked abandoning a mystique he’d long cultivated; but ultimately the lure of a sanctioned Pinky reboot proved too tempting to refuse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Valdés cultivated an image of austere revolutionary discipline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Shasta trotted back through the Tombs—they looked quite ordinary now and he wondered how he could ever have been afraid of them—and down into the cultivated land by the river's side.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

You’ll just end up annoying your manager or cultivating a combative relationship.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

A retired Air Force Reserve colonel and longtime foreign policy hawk, he spent decades cultivating relationships not only across Capitol Hill but with world leaders, diplomats and advocacy organizations.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

He looked to what he saw as a virtue, and wasn’t terribly interested in what cultivating it cost.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

By the time “Call Her Daddy” came around in 2018, the loyal audience Portnoy had been cultivating for years—the Stoolies—was a kind of launchpad for other talent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

He came to where Wang Lung was and he stood in silence while Wang Lung hoed a narrow line beside the broad beans he was cultivating.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck