moving force/spirit
noun
: someone or something that causes something to happen
one of modern sculpture's moving spirits
He has been the moving force/spirit behind the project from the beginning.
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Barbie has become a tectonic-plate moving force at the box office in a way that few could have predicted.
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
But in 2017, Glasscock concluded that Warren and Energy Transfer executives were the moving force behind sinking the deal and rebuffed their bid for a $1.5 billion breakup fee.
—Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2022
Our city like our great lake, can be a powerful, moving force, full of progressive industry, health care, entertainment and growth.
—Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
But in 2017, Glasscock concluded that Warren and Energy Transfer executives were the moving force behind sinking the deal and rebuffed their bid for a $1.5 billion breakup fee.
—Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2022
Our city like our great lake, can be a powerful, moving force, full of progressive industry, health care, entertainment and growth.
—Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
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“Moving force/spirit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moving%20force%2Fspirit. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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