cultivating

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Cultivating allies and denying them to opponents bolstered the Habsburgs’ military strength.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Cultivating ties to two influential U.S. senators from Washington State, Warren G. Magnuson and Henry M. Jackson, he was unusually successful as a private citizen who influenced legislation.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2023

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