galvanize
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"We hope that this study will galvanize efforts to have yeast on board in future space explorations."
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026
Cheney helped galvanize congressional support for Ronald Reagan’s defense buildup and scored a 90% positive rating from the American Conservative Union.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
The Stonewall uprising helped galvanize the gay rights movement.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2024
“It made a lot of people feel just totally helpless, like, what have we been doing? Why? Why can not even this galvanize change?”
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2024
“Kudirat’s death will not be in vain, it will only galvanize the democratic movement in a way that even her life did not! I just wrote an article about this issue online in Nigerian Village.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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