morale boosters

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During the Cold War, when the militaries of South Korea and North Korea had few sophisticated weapons but plenty of mutual enmity, both countries would stage martial-art demonstrations as morale boosters.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021

But like most of the professors we profile in our book, we also feel gratitude to the progressive scholars who mentored us — as dissertation advisers, letter writers, morale boosters and book reviewers.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2016

Honors has made no public statement but supporters rose to his defense on Facebook, applauding his leadership and describing the videos as morale boosters.

From Reuters • Jan. 4, 2011

Comic in-house videos are popular as morale boosters in the Navy as well as in the other branches of the armed services, but military officials said Captain Honors’s efforts were an extreme case.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2011

The top command thought, correctly as it happened, that Willie and Joe were morale boosters, and even Patton could not touch them.

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