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Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting with Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, went after the profit motive that leads agencies to seize first and justify later.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

Details on a suspect or motive weren’t immediately available.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Authorities said the suspect is known to police and has ties to Islamist circles in Berlin but also stressed investigators have not yet determined a motive or whether he acted alone.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

Prosecutors also called to the stand Burke's former financial manager, Benjamin Greger, to illustrate his financial motive to protect his music career.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

I would like to say I was driven to what I did by some overwhelming, tragic motive.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Confused about a character's motives or the historical setting?

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

How can we not wonder about ulterior motives?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

In Hamawy’s case, it led to suspicions about his past and true motives that was effective enough for his eventual primary win to be deemed “controversial.”

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

Sure, many other countries go to war with similar motives, fantasizing the conflicts are about freedom or religion or whatever.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

“His language is pure and respectful, he attacks no man’s character or motives, but fights with arguments.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

The indictment does not say that his expulsion motived his alleged misconduct.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

“I said my philosophy is motived by the Beatitudes and by Matthew 25:40 about the ‘least of these,’” Mr. Kennedy recounted.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

“I think that’s why I have useful expertise in trying to solve problems, and am motived to work hard with other stakeholders on consensus solutions.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2017

Here are 21 inspiring quotes that will get you hyped up and keep you motived as an entrepreneur.

From Time ● Aug. 18, 2015

A struggle, motived by self-interest, no doubt; but a struggle, too, of opposing principles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

And through all the talk, through the busy routine of the place, in the men and women working in the hospital, there emerged always that something unseen,—Idea, Will, Spirit, the motiving force of the whole.

From Together by Herrick, Robert

But your Lamia has taught you some subtle 'viperine' reasoning and motiving, for the turning down one street instead of another.

From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Browning, Robert

Her conception of a play of passion forbids motiving of character, or integration of the development of character with action.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.