exhortation

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The musicians' exhortation -- made on June 28 at the open-air festival held in southwest England -- led to the BBC saying it would no longer live-broadcast musical performances deemed "high risk".

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

The times, then and now, the book implies, call for vehement exhortation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

It’s an exhortation and an anthem — “Be the rain you remember falling” — the emotional peak of a song cycle about a girl named Sun Green who’s trying to save the Earth.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

That said, even if some of Gilbert’s analysis feels 10 years out of date, it is nonetheless a reminder of where we come from as a culture, and a reinvigorating exhortation not to return there.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025

“Here’s your moment, boys,” called Serjeant Clippinger, unwilling for his exhortation to be surpassed by his own corporal’s.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson