encouragement
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The actor left school at 15 but not without the encouragement of his English teacher Cecil Dormand, who introduced him to Shakespeare and gave him his first role in a play with adults.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
McKennah was among the first people to offer him encouragement.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
Moura says the findings could still offer encouragement to people who have recently started exercising but have not yet noticed changes on the scale.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
And that was enough encouragement for him—I hardly ever rewarded him with food.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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
Yet tucked among the encouragements to get “hipped to oneness” and “train the other sight” is the dark glimmer of where the cult-religion line blurs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
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
If you’ve spent any time on social media or visited an athletic event lately, you’ve surely been bombarded with encouragements to drink more water.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 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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