galvanizing

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But if the movie’s just-so fatalism is less than galvanizing, it’s also soberly convincing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

‘Just Kids,’ a tale of scrambling toward relevancy as the ‘60s morphed into the ‘70s, makes a kid from the Reagan-Bush years yearn for the galvanizing turbulence of an era gone by.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

McConnell described the galvanizing effect the threats have had on him during Thursday’s edition of the nonpartisan Speak Up for Justice forum, a grassroots effort to advocate for judicial independence and judges’ safety.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2025

The effect was galvanizing: his muddied half-chewed tail stirred and he raised his shoulders, then his forelegs, with a convulsive effort, like an old work horse getting up after a fall.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford