galvanizing
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But if the movie’s just-so fatalism is less than galvanizing, it’s also soberly convincing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
She died days after the Women’s March, a galvanizing nationwide event attended by many who count her among the forces that awakened their feminism.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
She said the peaceful demonstrations since the start of the sprawling immigration raids were a strength of the movement galvanizing against the raids.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
This time he mixes star heroism with you-are-there spectacle and the results can be galvanizing if awkwardly framed.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
The effect was galvanizing: his muddied half-chewed tail stirred and he raised his shoulders, then his forelegs, with a convulsive effort, like an old work horse getting up after a fall.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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