impel
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Directly employing subcontractors could also impel Amazon to carry more expensive insurance coverage, which would raise delivery costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The rules of Washington would normally impel a person at Esper’s level to seek cover for his actions.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024
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
But Tuesday seemed to outdo them all and to impel our still-wintry Washington air into memorably vigorous motion.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
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
It impels a creature who feels it to seek out much-needed water much more powerfully than any nonconscious mechanism could.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Wilzek, the novel’s unlikely hero, does look closely, and what he sees impels him to take a moral stand.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025
What is it that impels Scarry to go there?
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2022
Not just because it inspires, but also because it impels.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2018
Regarding me attentively, he said: "What is it that impels a mortal towards this fruit?"
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd
A sense of duty, rooted for many in a profound Christian faith, impelled each to take extraordinary risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
What impelled him, and what does it mean?
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2025
“It was the experience in that space and the vastness of it and the way his art lived in space,” said Wenders, addressing what impelled him to jump-start the film after a 2019 visit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
His frustration and anger at the press, however, impelled him to buck convention by suing newspaper owners — allegedly against the wishes of his father, now King Charles III.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
Its drama lay in its lack of drama, in its quietness, in the courtesies we felt impelled to extend to one another.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
Since it started quantitative tightening in June, the Fed has been putting downward pressure on prices and impelling yields — and, especially, mortgage rates — upward.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
One of the pleasures of writing for me is to discover what is it that is impelling me to engage with these characters.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
“Get at Me Dog” is an impelling and incendiary piece of music, like four minutes of a bomb going off.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2021
In a flash, rain poured and wind whipped at once, blowing trash onto the field and impelling a rapid response from the grounds crew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2019
He was excited and something was impelling him to become more excited.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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