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• v  give encouragement to
• s  made bold or courageous

• The feat only emboldened buy-British forces, who got added ammunition from the crash of a BOAC-owned 707 on Mount Fuji last March; moreover, that disaster led to the discovery of .
• The spotlight on Bragana widened to include neighboring villages, where locals suddenly felt emboldened to complain that their children couldn't sleep at night because of the .
• It dates to the mid-1970s, when a Democratic Congress, emboldened by the excesses of Watergate, reined in the executive branch in a variety of ways: imposing a new budget regimen .

• cheer
• hearten
• recreate
• embolden

• dishearten

News & Articles

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• Are the Gold Bugs Wrong?
  By Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst NEW YORK (Casey Research) -- What a ride the precious metals have been on recently. Gold and silver prices have fallen off a cliff, while gold stocks were thrown on the rocks and left for dead. GLD has seen record outflows. Popular financial news shows featured guest after guest who proclaimed gold is now "officially" in a bear market, emboldened by ...
  June 13, 2013 - TheStreet.com
• Immigrant youths stage nightly SLC vigil for legal reform
  Immigrant youths stage nightly SLC vigil for legal reform by Derek P. Jensen The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 13, 2013 10:01AM MDT Utah immigrants emboldened by potential reform from Congress will camp nightly on the plaza of the Salt Lake City federal building — from now until the Senate vote — urging Sen. Orrin Hatch to endorse the Gang of Eight bill to reunite families divided by ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
• Former player inspired to get into coaching by Football Manager video game now leading Namibia
  Football Manager has inspired many a gamer emboldened by their virtual success to apply for real-life coaching positions, but for Namibia's new manager Ricardo Mannetti, it actually paid off. On Monday, Roger Palmgren quit as Namibia manager a month after … Continue reading ?
  June 11, 2013 - Dirty Tackle via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• John McCain in Forbes
  I believe the consequences of failure are catastrophic. It will spread to the region. You will see Iran more emboldened. Eventually, you could see Iran pose a greater threat to the state of Israel,said McCain, R-Ariz.
• Morrissey in New York Times
  It is simply not consistent for anyone to demand aggressive action against the menace posed by the Iranian regime while at the same time acquiescing in a retreat from Iraq that would leave our worst enemies dramatically emboldened and Israel's best... Vice President Dick Cheney http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHymxtqqubcIN48tX54GpOGavPMUg USA Today http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-12-cheney-iraq_N.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHS2o6dL4V5phitMYgtQ3OUzZHV4w Mar 12, 2007 32491 41851 embolism Pulmonary embolism is one of the most common causes of sudden death in this country, so he was in a life-threatening situation," Morrissey said.