what gives
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“The people I love—my husband, our children, our friends—filling our house with people we love, that’s the greatest joy in my life and what gives me balance,” Amal said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Studies have shown that our book choices can subconsciously reveal important parts of our personality - including what gives us pleasure and what makes us feel emotion.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
That’s what the text supports, it’s what common sense supports, and it’s what gives regulated parties a fighting chance of knowing when they’re subject to federal mine safety law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
To be sure, a big order is good news, so what gives?
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
The naming of those tools—the figures and tropes—is what gives rhetoric its sometimes opaque-seeming technical vocabulary.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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