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"But one way people can help as we are coming down the pike in the 2006 elections is to remember the effect that rhetoric can have on our troops in harm's way and the effect that rhetoric can have in emboldening or weakening an enemy," he said.
Source: tatoeba (11068338)
They do not fear shameful fears, nor are they emboldened by shameful emboldenings.
Source: wiktionary
Ruling in the immunity case, Chief Justice John Roberts seemed to serenely arrogate to the Court an immense power to determine whether the president might ever face criminal consequence without worrying whether the emboldening of a rampaging executive might at some point place the authority of the judiciary in danger.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include assertiveness induction, assurance, audacity, bold, boldface.
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