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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motiving
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Other videos show fans setting off fireworks in the street and getting quickly arrested.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2026 -
Senior first baseman Kaitlyn Streiler suffered a broken hand on April 18, setting off a chain reaction that included Beals shifting to first.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
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The wireless giant is pumping up a similar one-day promotion at select Shell stations in Los Angeles and Houston as well to celebrate the 10th anniversary of T-Mobile Tuesdays.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
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Council Speaker Julie Menin is on the right path to pumping up Fair Fares by increasing the income threshold to participate, making enrollment automatic and even eliminating the fare entirely for some folks.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
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What, then, is motivating the 41-year-old to don Portugal’s kit for his sixth and final World Cup this summer?—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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Working with other independent business owners striving hard to succeed has been motivating, Glover said.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
10 June 2026
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The proposal is animating advocacy and science groups across the country.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
3 June 2026
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The title implies that it will be set before the 1974 film, in which Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced Fronk-en-steen), played by Gene Wilder, is lured back to Transylvania and picks up his grandfather Victor’s experiments with re-animating the dead.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
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Philadelphia declared a heat health emergency for Thursday and Friday, activating cooling centers, home visits by field teams, outreach to people experiencing homelessness and other services.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Wisp will be activating at Pride events in New York City this month, with staff on the ground having one-on-one conversations.—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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And much of their Finals journey was overshadowed by the OJ Simpson case that began with a white Ford Bronco slowly driving down Southern California freeways in the middle of the opening game.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Investigators said Morabia Siddhi Suresh, 33, of Fremont, California, had been driving in rainy conditions when she was involved in a separate collision, according to Kentucky State Police.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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That decision had as much to do as anything in the 1850s with completely polarizing American politics, to use our term today, and, indeed, energizing the Republican Party of the late 1850s and winning, indeed, the presidency by 1860.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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The uprising became a turning point in the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights, energizing a new generation of activists and helping propel a movement that would reverberate far beyond New York.—
Diana Rodriguez,
Time,
8 June 2026
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The Climb’s producers spent around three days shooting sweeping aerial shots of London, but the vertigo-inducing footage only served as a metaphor for the free-fall the film experienced within weeks of pre-production.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
3 June 2026
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Without wishing to give away the ending of a real-life case finally resolved in 2008, the information disclosed is anger-inducing and the unresponsive, unemotional demeanor of the perpetrator truly chilling.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
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“Motiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motiving. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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