inspiration
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When filming finished, the cast and crew gave them a chip used in the show and a card thanking them "for keeping the crew going", adding the charity cafe was "an inspiration to us all".
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
When Davidson was first introduced to U.K. audiences in the 1988 TV documentary, “John’s Not Mad,” the film was as much of an inspiration story as it was a cause for mass mockery.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
But I didn’t know it was true to life — I thought you were using writerly inspiration.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
"The inspiration came from systems known from atomic physics, where electrons can occupy different energy states. In photonics, a similar role is played by optical traps, which confine light instead of electrons."
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
I looked through some of my mom's home and garden magazines and used your poems as inspiration.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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An Inspirational Back-to-School Word List
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The Ingenious Lexicon of Invention
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