galvanize
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U.S. diplomatic engagement can reassure and galvanize our regional allies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
It was also likely a means to galvanize himself against how that experience alerted him to the omnipresent nearness of death.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
The violence helped galvanize public support for passage of the Voting Rights Act later that year.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
"We hope that this study will galvanize efforts to have yeast on board in future space explorations."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2026
Ann quickly found a focus for her housing work that fall, in two incidents that would galvanize the black community in Durham over the next few years.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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It just sort of galvanizes and I'm seeing all of that now.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
“There’s a lot to that, as well as the postseason. … But I do think that an experience like this certainly galvanizes, absolutely.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
These dynamics are very different from other evolutionary systems where inter-group conflict galvanizes cooperative responses -- the nested and sequential nature of the evolution of natural resource governance systems causes the difference.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
Such evidence of depravity typically galvanizes global action and demands for justice.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2023
Seeing the paper chain in danger galvanizes them into action.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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Most residents aren’t engaged enough to come to board meetings, which typically draw about 10 attendees, let alone be galvanized by allegations of a conflict of interest, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Liuzzo family was harassed for their mother’s activism even after her death, but the event galvanized activists all over the country, becoming one impetus for Congress to finally pass the landmark 1965 legislation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Platner galvanized an enthusiastic base of supporters and weathered months of controversies surrounding his personal life by selling a story of redemption and what he called “healthy” masculinity.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Wall Street has nevertheless been galvanized by recent mega awards that were even bigger than the salami win.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The bathroom at the end of our corridor had two seawater showers, a saltwater tap, and three large galvanized metal buckets, which were used as bathtubs.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Both Rooney and Kate are keenly aware of how petrifying it can be to be perceived, and how galvanizing it can be as well, and they bring both senses to their shared performance.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Perhaps, someday in the future, the spirit of 2020 will be revived with a new galvanizing philosophy: Most of our fellow citizens might actually be good people.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
The portrait—often known as “Whipped Peter”—became a lightning rod for the Abolitionist cause, galvanizing many Northerners who had yet to see the effects of slavery firsthand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
She said the peaceful demonstrations since the start of the sprawling immigration raids were a strength of the movement galvanizing against the raids.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
“I should tell her I’ve arrived,” Pet said, and Jam jumped up, a current of alarm galvanizing her.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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