encouragement

Until last week’s combined intervention, both Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, had tried to boost the yen merely through verbal encouragement — but that strategy proved unsuccessful.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Manas said that getting support and encouragement was "vital" for a young musician.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

He parried worries about this World Cup with a groovy encouragement:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The US leader has since changed his tone and during their last encounter in Turkey earlier this month, he offered words of encouragement, saying he had done "an amazing job".

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

I suck in a calming breath, grateful for his encouragement, and step up on my block.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

I wonder how well and efficiently he would have written it with frequent and intermittent shouts being thrown his way, regardless of whether they were insults or encouragements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

A group of men were using their bare hands to try and free her as an anxious crowd stood outside, calling out encouragements to the rescuers.

From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2023

The chat and commenters on Twitter were screaming encouragements, hyped as all hell to have the privilege of watching Malenia fall for the 1,000th time.

From The Verge ● May 11, 2022

There were no significant moments of tension or any real contretemps, just the usual pleasantries, mild encouragements and civil interactions accompanying a golf round.

From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2021

If I had not promoted Mr. Weston’s visits here, and given many little encouragements, and smoothed many little matters, it might not have come to any thing after all.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen