mobilize
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Gov. Gavin Newsom last month declared a state of emergency, saying he wanted to mobilize state resources to “prepare for El Niño’s anticipated impacts, like strong storms and coastal flooding.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Bank of Montreal plans to mobilize up to C$70 billion over the next decade for sectors like power generation, pipelines and artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Central banks want to know they can access and mobilize their gold when they need it.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 6, 2026
But is the intent to mobilize the public’s power, or to recruit their viewership?
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
The movement was also dubbed the Twitter Revolution, because protesters used the social networking site to mobilize and communicate with each other.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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At its best, liberalism in America focuses attention on the gap between principles and practices and mobilizes public support to close these gaps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Development Finance Corporation, a government agency that typically mobilizes capital for investment in developing countries, will provide discounted political risk insurance and guarantees for maritime transit.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
For the most part, it preaches to and mobilizes the converted.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2025
Art mobilizes against bullets, bombs and tanks in “Porcelain War,” a documentary about how beauty not only persists amid the wreckage of warfare but serves as a necessary existential weapon of its own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
“Look how El Lider mobilizes the people to protect his causes,” Jorge del Pino told his daughter.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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In the fiscal year that ran through June, the World Bank mobilized $112 billion in private capital, alongside the $123 billion of its own financing that it advanced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Shasta Climbing Rangers, who had already been mobilized after friends of the injured man became concerned and reported him missing, according to the Forest Service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Thousands of army, police and paramilitary forces have been mobilized for search and rescue operations in Nepal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Colombians outside the quake zone have mobilized in massive numbers to ease victims' suffering.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
All the Dutch men who either fought or were mobilized in 1940 have been called up to work in prisoner-of-war camps.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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It concludes that the true challenge for Newsom is not just securing the nomination, but mobilizing disaffected and disengaged voters who may otherwise sit out another election.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
As the government focused on its next step, foreign relief organizations were mobilizing to the earthquake zone to help survivors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“I’ve been doing this work for 30 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this. ...People from San Diego up to Eureka and Humboldt, everybody is mobilizing because everybody realizes what’s at risk.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
To win, El-Sayed is counting on mobilizing a progressive base, outraged by Trump's second term, and targeting bread-and-butter issues of importance across the political divide.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
A piece of extraordinary news traveled a long distance in a very short time, mobilizing an entire region to arms.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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