encourage
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"Then we help to encourage the environments they live in as a more stable place for them."
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
A number of renowned directors, including “The Odyssey’s” Christopher Nolan, prefer to shoot on film and strongly encourage analog viewing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Lower Middle Eastern prices for July and August cargoes and a large increase in July fuel exports could encourage Chinese refiners to return.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Cultural activities can strengthen social connections, encourage healthier lifestyle habits, and support better mental health, all of which may contribute to slower physiological aging.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
And, as far as I knew, she hadn’t visited Ma to encourage us to return.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Since then, however, she had been "encouraged" by initiatives such as No Mow May, which encourages people to let grassy areas grow wild, increasing the places for butterflies to feed and breed.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
And there is nothing that encourages the drift toward great-power war as much as the loss of collective memory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
A Google spokeswoman says Gemini encourages people to consult with medical professionals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
That's because the air movement encourages water in the bowl to evaporate, which takes heat out of the air, making the room a little cooler.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
I thought about this many times after I became a teacher, and I told myself I’d never be that person who encourages or allows that kind of cruelty, for any reason.”
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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His mother, Monica Ocampo, and his father, Jonathan Negrete, were both soccer fans, and they encouraged him to play as a striker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Then he encouraged other friends to get in on the action based on the information he said he received from Denton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Other volunteers said that the families of detainees have been intermittently encouraged not to discuss conditions in the facility after visits to their family members.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
That additional phosphate encouraged more marine growth, which led to greater burial of organic carbon on the seafloor.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
I was more encouraged than at any time since Nollie’s arrest as I rode the train back to Haarlem.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Hayes addressed the criticism during a break in the Brazil v Haiti game, however, by wryly encouraging viewers to focus on her match analysis instead.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
"They're very encouraging for the future of cinema," Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan told AFP and other entertainment journalists last week in Paris.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
“We are in direct communication with members, encouraging them to review their policies, staffing, inspection practices, borrower communications, disbursement timelines and determination processes, and escalation procedures,” Gigliotti said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He also observed that after months of heavy international outflows from Korea, this last week witnessed a $500 million inflow in an encouraging trend reversal.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
He looked over at Duane, who was still smiling and giving him encouraging tilts of his head toward the river.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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