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electrify

[ih-lek-truh-fahy] / ɪˈlɛk trəˌfaɪ /


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"It is possible that events in the future might electrify the public, and then positions - and talk - might not be so cheap," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Yet cargo freight has been hard to electrify because long-haul trucks need hundreds of miles of range while carrying heavy loads, and charging infrastructure has not been consistent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, there’s a growing business case for companies in Europe to electrify their industrial heat, according to a recent report from McKinsey—particularly as fossil fuel prices remain volatile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

"The major task ahead of us is to electrify all natural gas applications," Andreas Gahl, head of the firm with 145 employees in the western Sauerland region, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

There's a clap of thunder, and I see lightning electrify the sky through an opening in the rocks.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Death hangs over the record and there are many references to the steady march of time, but for Ms. Orton the inevitability of the end electrifies the present.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Electrospinning is a technique which electrifies droplets of liquid to form fibres from plastics.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2024

Fleet manager Sean Clifton has 50 additional Ford vans and 20 Maxus vans on order, but will need more soon as Asda electrifies its 1,300 delivery vans.

From Reuters ● Apr. 13, 2023

“Jagged” won for best book, by Diablo Cody, and for best featured actress, Lauren Patten, who electrifies audiences with her showstopping rendition of Morissette’s “You Oughta Know.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2021

The honesty electrifies Helmuth, the way the British announce their own losses to the Germans.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

But he’s also really electrified some younger voters.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

He said the charity was in the process of moving to a fully electrified fleet, but he said rising fuel costs directly affected the families it supported.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

It said that 52 percent of its passenger car sales in Europe are now electrified vehicles -- fully electric, plug-in hybrids and non-plug-in hybrids -- up from 43.8 percent in the first half of 2025.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Morishita recalls having been electrified by a performance she had seen by Mikiko Matsuyama, who founded the company in 1948.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

One of you was electrified by the power you wielded for the ninety seconds it took to say the words, the power to make Vinny truly happy.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead

In a statement, Creamfields described the band as "one of the most influential and electrifying electronic acts of all time".

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Its bare bones prose and electrifying pictures preserve, honor and celebrate the people, places and ideas responsible for Rosales’ sentimental education.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Top soprano Lise Davidsen takes on Lady Macbeth; the electrifying Quinn Kelsey sings the title role; Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

But for those patient enough to watch the pages turn, it ends up somewhere electrifying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

“You’re the proverbial diamond in the rough,” she’d said to him once, touching his nose lighdy with the tip of her electrifying finger.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson




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