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inspire

[in-spahyuhr] / ɪnˈspaɪər /


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Catholic missionaries arrived, too, and with them came the flourishing of religious art used to inspire and convert the native peoples.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

It was women like Amelia who helped inspire another Cardiff reader to open the city's first bookshop dedicated solely to romance.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Modi described the creation of the strategic partnership as a "milestone" that would inspire greater energy and confidence, as he was hosted by the New Zealand leader at Government House in Auckland.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

When we tell ourselves stories about warrior elites—and invoke their iconography to inspire and galvanize—we often dismiss and ignore their victims as inconvenient or annoying footnotes.

From Slate Jul. 10, 2026

Donnelly worked to inspire passion for the union, and when he felt the laborers’ union spirit was strong enough, he called a strike.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Regardless of how he fares this week, Howard says his Open debut will be worthwhile if it inspires other people with cystic fibrosis to chase their dreams.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

To me personally, Salah inspires strength, patience and belief.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

And it’s that type of refreshing, radical earnestness that inspires a deeper conversation about the film’s many virtues.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

The filmmaker behind ‘Pig’ and ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ inspires riskiness from actors.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

The champagne had been donated by one of Gus’s doctors—Gus being the kind of person who inspires doctors to give their best bottles of champagne to children.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

A: It is called Kimi K3 and comes from Moonshot, a Beijing-based startup whose name is inspired by the Pink Floyd album “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Ridgeley adds: "I think it would have meant a lot to him to learn the music that he and I had written inspired people to change their lives, to step on an unknown course."

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Although the vision of turning the cold, dusty planet into a living world has inspired generations, most scientists viewed it as far beyond our technological reach.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The image was inspired by Alejandro Cartagena, a Dominican Republic-born Mexican creative who photographed carpooling laborers on the flatbeds along a highway in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

It was inspired by the real-life actions of children, and did not emerge wholly from an adult’s imagination.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“We are heartbroken that we have lost the phenomenal, determined and truly inspiring Theo to this devastating disease,” Dan Knowles, chief executive of Brain Tumour Research, said on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Television in the 1970s was inspiring to watch, but being on TV didn’t seem feasible.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The mockumentary-style sitcom has become a global phenomenon, inspiring multiple international adaptations and influencing an entire generation of comedy.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Chung’s experience with Walk Your Plans was especially inspiring.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

She was so inspiring, even the panicked centaurs started to rally.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan




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