Sentence examples similar to had given a shot from inspiring English sources

Such a policy shift could have given a shot of momentum to efforts to relax marijuana laws across the country.

The field of cognitive neuroscience tackles that question, and Matthews says, "Imaging has given a particular shot in the arm to the study of cognition".

Genetic research on a large scale in well-phenotyped people has given a booster shot to the amyloid hypothesis of AD.

An Arizona state worker has given an adorable puppy a second shot at life.

Soaring summer temperatures have given a big shot in the arm to many parts of the tourist industry in Wales, early reports suggest.

"I felt as if someone had given me a shot in the arm," the friend writes.

By the end of the day, no one had given him a shot, and the label's founder Jim Stewart felt guilty.

Angus wrote that the Webfoots "steadied as if someone had given them a shot of hop.

But he told donors in an e-mail on Sunday that the religious leaders' endorsement had given his campaign "a shot in the arm".

Ekman had been given a shot on the left wing of the Lindros-Bure line.

The faction had been given a shot at entering the Knesset thanks to a deal it reached with two other far-right parties.