as in to set off
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Santos Neto thrived in his band from 1977 to 1992 before setting off to hone his own, similarly expansive, body of tunes.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
25 June 2025 -
According to Meeks, seven people started the day with a religious mass around 5:30 a.m. before setting off for a hike in Royal Gorge.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
25 June 2025
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An attack motivated by someone's political views is not considered a hate crime under federal law.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2025
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Today, motivated by his own experience with the common dementia, Gates — who serves as chair of the Gates Foundation — is committed to working toward a cure for the common dementia, which currently affects more than seven million Americans, or one in nine people over 65.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2025
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Strider induced 23 swings apiece with the fastball and the slider, getting seven whiffs on fastballs and 17 on sliders.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
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The civil complaint echoes the criminal charges Combs faces, with Lovelace alleging Combs was assisted by employees to induce her to do things against her will and forced her to take drugs.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
12 June 2025
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That figure is pumped up by assuming things that might never happen, according to a New York Times analysis of federal contracting data and interviews with people familiar with that contract who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to discuss it with members of the media.—
David A. Fahrenthold,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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In public, the Trumps pump up their projects, yet in private the first family appears to be dumping at least a portion of its holdings.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Doug Leone, Sequoia 2011: #11 | 2025: #7 With a knack for understanding people and what motives them, Doug Leone landed a sales job at Sun Microsystems right out of college.—
TrueBridge Capital,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Product philosophy, collaboration, and motive The technology has already been successfully implemented in select showcase stores and events across Brazil.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2025
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Palm Tree Crew, which was valued in 2024 at $150 million, activates each of its partner brands into the fabric of its experiences, which cofounders Kygo and Myles Shear, inspired by Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville empire, started about five years ago.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The end is a three-and-a-half-minute outro inspired by The King and I… the music had this waltzing, temptress thing.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2025
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In total, Dixon, who worked as a hype man to energize crowds at Joe’s shows for 16 years, said he was subjected to more than 4,000 such scenarios throughout his tenure.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2025
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Motivational speeches, grateful teams and energizing collaborations are a part of it— sometimes.—
Joe Altieri,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Greenberg's team was activated three days before the storm made landfall, according to Congressional testimony by then-FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
17 June 2025
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Alternative Option: Plug-In Hybrids (PHEVs) Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles combine electric-only driving (typically 20–50 miles) with a gasoline engine that activates when the battery is depleted.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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“Key (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/key%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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