instill
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We’ve worked hard for 18 years to instill a strong work ethic and teach budgeting skills, and I don’t want to see that undone.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
“My teammates are always just making sure I’m calm and in the moment. The confidence that they instill in me every day really helps.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
This entails programs to promote standard Chinese as the national lingua franca, instill pride in Chinese cultural heritage and exert stronger central control over regions with large ethnic-minority populations such as Tibet and Xinjiang.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Blank, however, says that there’s not necessarily “a huge desire among Democratic voters to instill more Christianity into their politics.”
From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026
To get a point across, to instill guilt in your lover, to defend yourself.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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