inspired

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“If we’re gonna portray them, we might as well share the creations with the community that we’re inspired by, right?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Kerr is no stranger to producing heroics, especially against South Africa, as she inspired New Zealand to victory against them in a T20 World Cup final in 2024.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Its shape closely resembles a sperm whale, the famous marine animal from Herman Melville's novel, which inspired its name.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

A L.A. artist, who also works in Ghana, created this multipanel reimagining of people’s journeys from Africa to the U.S., inspired in part by famed Afrofuturistic science-fiction writer Octavia E. Butler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The city’s 80 percent unemployment rate, a result of the Great Depression, had led factory managers to reduce wages and inspired thousands of citizens to support the strikers.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell