driving force
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For most of modern financial history, longevity was treated as a footnote — a demographic detail, not a driving force.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
“The word Mystic has also become a driving force of what this journey means to me,” Saleh says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
A driving force behind building the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Pritzker’s ancestors fled Russian persecution in modern-day Ukraine in the late 1800s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Jogye Order, South Korea's main Buddhist order and a driving force behind the trend, is looking to make religion more "approachable", spokesman Monk Myojang told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
The driving force behind Soviet women flying in combat was the world-famous pilot and navigator Marina Raskova.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
