inspire
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“We unilaterally put up this framework to hopefully inspire the rest of the industry to follow on and share their own misalignment reporting frameworks,” Chen said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
How did that spirit of adventure and wanting to leave home inspire you to become a journalist?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
On the second level, a chef’s kitchen with high-end stainless appliances, a center island, and sweeping ocean views is poised to inspire impressive culinary endeavors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
"The design celebrates the stories behind each runner, and the incredible causes that inspire so many people to take on the event," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Bull never understood how Virgil accomplished the same results; he could not fathom the mystery that Virgil speaking quietly but firmly could inspire a quality of fear that men who yelled could never approach.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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The glacially carved landscape around this town on the South Island inspires myriad adventures, both tame and hair-raising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
You should expect no less for Raising Cane’s, a chicken-finger spot that inspires something close to religious devotion among its growing flock.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
It inspires me, so it’s like a natural spring well of water that I go to every Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The latest reboot inspires more scepticism than hope for some in Cheorwon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The genome project, in turn, inspires attempts to understand human variation and “normal” behavior in terms of genes.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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“I would love for anyone who worked here to be inspired to invest in people they worked with, hire each other, and ultimately see that they want to work alongside great female leaders,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Harbour, who is an executive producer of the series along with Bateman, originated the project after being inspired by a New Yorker true-crime article about a fatal suburban love triangle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The researchers say structures inspired by monotiles could eventually contribute to technologies designed to manipulate light, control polarization, and support advanced optical devices.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Comic actors have a sense of timing and an ability to ad-lib when the teleprompter spits out duds, as John Mulaney proved with his inspired rant about masculinity when he presented.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
World War I inspired a flood of poems, novels, memoirs, songs, plays, and films that attempted to capture the horrors of modern warfare and the anguish and grief that follow in its wake.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Those with long indie-film memories will recall the role of cystic fibrosis in Kirby Dick’s alarming, inspiring 1997 documentary “Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Investors are largely anticipating the Federal Reserve will raise its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, but the prospect of higher borrowing costs isn’t the only thing inspiring angst on Wall Street.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
John Michel, from the charity, said it was "very special" to be recognised in wills and it was "really quite inspiring when someone local" made what could be a "transformational" move.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Meta is far from the only company trying to build quickly without inspiring too much input from the rabble.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
And then I say, “Baba, you have to keep telling me stories, so I’ll have inspiring things to write about.”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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