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impel

[im-pel] / ɪmˈpɛl /


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Inflation has tapered to 1.7% annually, which may impel the European Central Bank to cut interest rates below their current 2%.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

John Bulkeley, the Wager’s gunner, a weapons expert and “instinctive leader” whose Bible-inspired narrative gifts would impel him to write an indelible account of events.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2023

Where Mehretu saturates space, Sorey vacates it, yet both painter and composer offer vital examples of how to create at full scale when the times impel others to reduce their ambition.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2022

“The endowment is a resource, not an instrument to impel social or political change,” Harvard President Drew Faust declared in 2013.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2020

He saw enough in her face to impel him to take her hand and hold it while he said his lingering good night “Will you go to the races again?” he asked.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin




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