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galvanizes

  • present tense form of galvanize (3rd person singular).

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It just sort of galvanizes and I'm seeing all of that now.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

“Louisiana’s Jena Six beating case galvanizes S.F.’s ‘black MoveOn,’ ” San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 22, 2007.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

Set in the tumultuous period post-9/11, “American Idiot” galvanizes the youthful spirit of rebellion.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

These dynamics are very different from other evolutionary systems where inter-group conflict galvanizes cooperative responses -- the nested and sequential nature of the evolution of natural resource governance systems causes the difference.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

Seeing the paper chain in danger galvanizes them into action.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman