encouraging

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Tribe and fellow opener Ben McKinney made an encouraging start to the second innings, but McKinney's departure for 32 saw a steady fall of wickets as the Lions finished on 218-4 overnight.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Grant is soaking up the experience, and encouraging her younger teammates to, too: “‘Enjoy this, it’s so rare to be here’ … and, ‘Hey, we can do this, we can do it together.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

That is a bad omen, though it’s encouraging that Kavanaugh and Barrett didn’t sign onto it.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

The analyst expects around three videogames to launch in 2H and boost its revenue then, after these games received encouraging feedback during testing in 1H.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Jay nips her ear as if he's encouraging her, and she finally speaks.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman