galvanized

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The victory galvanized American forces, who instituted a naval blockade that resulted in a debilitating food shortage in Tripoli.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026

DeepMind — established in 2010 by Hassabis and fellow technologists Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman — became the first modern artificial-general-intelligence lab, and its 2014 acquisition by Google famously galvanized the creation of OpenAI.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

My research team has found that powerful stories keep members of a hate group galvanized, either by repeating the story over and over or by constantly adding fresh accusations and interpretations to it.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

A young upstart, Péter Magyar, with his new Tisza Party, has galvanized the country, with some polls showing him pulling ahead of Orbán by nearly 15 percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Not since the Chicago Fire of 1871 had the city’s newspapers been so galvanized by a single event.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson