encouragement
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Despite the early hour in Japan, thousands of people tuned into the live stream, posting messages of encouragement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
McKennah was among the first people to offer him encouragement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
As the crowd shouts encouragement, Tonya takes to the lectern.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Vo’s own go-to Taco Bell order audaciously nods at the chain’s encouragement of personalization: A chicken quesadilla bulked up with steak and ground beef.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Men in their cells could see the crowd outside and started shouting encouragement to Walter as he walked away.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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
To get out of the slump and push the quality upward again, I clap my hands and shout encouragements like a ranting soccer coach: “Come on now!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 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
In the Digital Wellbeing settings, tap Bedtime Mode to add further sleep-friendly encouragements, like enabling your Do Not Disturb shield, turning the screen black-and-white or just keeping it off.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
The girl murmured encouragements: “Come on, Winnie. There’s a good pigeon. Show us the way.”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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