motivate
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He’s been a longtime resident of Hermosa Beach, so what would motivate him to leave Mira Costa after recently making a commitment to Stanford?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026
Granting executives options that become highly valuable at the IPO can help motivate managers to complete the offering.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
"It's a story of someone who dared to dream, and I want people to take this example and motivate themselves to be very ambitious and to go for whatever their heart desires."
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
What else could motivate him into action quite like some Lorne Michaels mentee?
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Dell tried to think of things to motivate her, or at the very least ease her distress, but so far, he had been a failure.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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