as in encouraged
to rouse to strong feeling or action
the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech
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Those who felt the earthquake are encouraged to report it through the USGS Felt Report form.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
21 Sep. 2025 -
Her videos have generated an overwhelmingly positive response and she's been encouraged to keep spreading the word.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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For director and co-writer Shinsuke Sato, a third season that moved beyond the main action of the manga allowed for greater freedom to explore the questions provoked by this Borderland reveal.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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One student told detectives that Clarke provoked the situation by making disparaging remarks at him.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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But dogs still need ways to burn off energy and stay mentally stimulated.—
Kelsey Monstrola,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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For example, one study found that breast cancer cell growth was stimulated by low concentrations of genistein and inhibited by higher concentrations.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
3 Sep. 2025
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Now, Montblanc wants to enter the tech sphere with a new digital writing pad, inspired by its century of experience producing pens.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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Thinking about it that way invests meaning in an anecdote Norris related about a member of the copy department so affronted by something a colleague had done that she was inspired to pick up an object and hurl it in that colleague’s general direction.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Revved (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revved%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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