induct
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I stand by all of this—until the unlikely event someone wants to induct me into a Hall of Fame, in which case I think it’s a fabulous idea, thank you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
In the end, both Oasis and Carey were overlooked last year - with voters choosing to induct Cher, Mary J Blige, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest instead.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2025
Following Browne’s spirited rendition of his 1977 hit “Running on Empty,” Springsteen took the stage to induct Mellencamp into the American Music Honors.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024
Patriots owner Robert Kraft announced that the team would waive the four-year waiting period and induct Brady into the franchise hall of fame next summer.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
The Philadelphia Inquirer once named him its high school athlete of the week, and Holy Ghost would induct him into its sports hall of fame.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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The Gorsedd inducts new members each year who have contributed to Welsh life.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2024
The Toy Hall of Fame inducts a new class of toys each year in a ceremony at The Strong museum in Rochester, where the hall is housed.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
Occasionally the Hall inducts a true rock artist, for example, Pat Benatar, but increasingly that’s a happy accident.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2022
Yet when the Baseball Hall of Fame inducts him next Sunday in Cooperstown, N.Y.,
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2017
Besides, it inducts an infant into clean habits, I know many careful mothers who have accustomed their children, after the first three months, to do without diapers altogether.
From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Pye Henry Chavasse
ZZ Top, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, has continued touring throughout North America, Europe and South America.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“It’s crazy when Phil Spector produces your record and you still don’t have a top ten record,” Eddie Vedder mentioned when he inducted the Ramones into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
His feats as a coach and administrator earned him a place in Australia's sports hall of fame, where he was inducted in 1989.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Paige was the first Negro Leaguer inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1971, five years after Ted Williams used his induction speech to advocate for Negro Leaguers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Based on these results he’s inducted into the navy to help replace those lost at Pearl Harbor.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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"We've added over 100 aircraft, nearly completed the refit of legacy narrowbodies, and begun inducting widebodies with new interiors. At the same time, we've laid critical infrastructure... to support our long-term ambitions," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
I imagine as well it’s a heavy thing for the artists and families inducting people they have lost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
When it came to Fogerty, Springsteen didn’t mince words while inducting one of American music’s most prolific singer-songwriters.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2025
On the soundtrack, a hushed voice whispers in French about the possibility of a “fluid journey through time and space,” inducting us into what some might consider a séance, and others, a movie.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
The ordination was postponed, and later several men of remoter parishes joined in inducting this young independent into his pulpit.
From Unitarianism in America by George Willis Cooke
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