electrify
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Permian producers have suffered from a lack of pipelines to ship and sell natural gas, and they are eager to provide the fuel to electrify tech companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Complex emissions challenges, like how to electrify industrial processes, aren’t solved by falling solar-panel prices, but they become an easier lift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Beta Technologies rallied 22% after Amazon.com disclosed a stake in the aerospace start-up, which is working to electrify aircrafts.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
The medium- and heavy-duty segment, in particular, had already greatly consolidated as automakers have struggled to electrify — and monetize — delivery vans, buses and big rigs in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
“You were too caught up in Beetee’s plan to electrify the salt lake,” says Caesar.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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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
The man himself, son of a sea captain, is an instinctive, charismatic politician who electrifies the campaign trail thanks to a natural bond with admiring masses across Anatolia.
From Reuters ● May 12, 2023
Nothing electrifies an NHL crowd like a penalty shot.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
Mittelstaedt has some news ready for me that electrifies me on the spot.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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Utilities have known for decades that unused lines can become energized from nearby electrified equipment through the induction process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
She sauntered on the stage with electrified green and purple hair and Vivienne Westwood-style chic to perform a cover of the Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Platner’s working-class message that electrified Maine voters and garnered him national attention is not exclusive to him — or to Maine.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
That is a risk in West Texas, where the Permian Basin oil field has electrified operations and crypto miners and AI data centers have expanded operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Be serious,” I say, but in truth, I feel electrified, jangly, awake.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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They must also be taking note of the breathing space China has given itself by electrifying its transport fleet and diversifying its energy sources.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Sunil, 27, who came to the protest site for the first time on Saturday to "experience the atmosphere", said it was "truly electrifying, especially after the minister's resignation".
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
“In the Mouth of Madness” ponders just how powerful media — and our relationship to it — can be, and Neill gives an electrifying turn as a man caught up in a myth made real.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Following an electrifying opening performance from T.I., the evening’s host, comedian and internet sensation Druski, descended onto the stage suspended from the ceiling, a nod to his viral “flying pastor” sketch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
While the experience of a work can be immediately electrifying, we sometimes do not realize its impact until it has had time to filter through the recesses of our imaginations.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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