motivate
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“This doesn’t motivate them to work,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
“You would think that would motivate people,” said Tom O’Saben, director of tax content and government relations with the National Association of Tax Professionals.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
He says the hope it engenders can not only help people cope emotionally with a cancer diagnosis but can even motivate them to seek treatment.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
She wants to see the end of the current regime - but stressed the range of factors that motivate its support base and make change so difficult.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
I thought maybe he’d try and fail to get into national politics and that this would then motivate him to want to try something entirely different.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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