How to Use put in/into motion in a Sentence

put in/into motion

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  • The stock offering put in motion a chain of events that has shaken Wall Street.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The collection quickly grew, and plans were put in motion to build an annex next door to house them all.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Why Biden hasn’t already put in motion this plan is unclear.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Wheels were put in motion to explore whether her ballot could be sealed in a bag and quarantined until the virus died off.
    — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Once they all got vaccinated, plans were put in motion for a reunion in New York.
    — Jennifer Levitz, WSJ, 30 May 2021
  • But there were no footholds to be found Friday, or any emergency plans to put into motion.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • With Prigozhin now in Belarus, Koffler believes a much larger plan will be put in motion.
    — Michael Lee, Fox News, 27 June 2023
  • The details of exactly how it will all be put into motion, such as when the truce will start and the exchange will take place, have not been made public.
    — Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • However, within months of his hiring, the retailer’s board put in motion a CEO change.
    — Jack Sweeney, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Days later, Fann helped put in motion the beginning of the partisan ballot review that dragged on throughout 2021.
    — The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2022
  • Dollywood's plan to become a major tourism player was put in motion in 2012, according to Owens.
    — Carly Caramanna, Chron, 12 Apr. 2023
  • In free agency, the Chargers beefed up their backfield and signed one of the league’s top blocking tight ends as new coach Jim Harbaugh put into motion his promise to make the team more physical.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The act put into motion a true-crime tale that fascinated America.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • The threat of losing their pet put in motion a 33-hour scramble to keep Neuty, one that would involve lawyers and thousands of Neuty fans demanding that state officials back off.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The persistent erosion of behavioral norms, which are hard to establish, was put in motion by the left but eventually expanded to the right.
    — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • This means there’s a chance 2024 is the year the stadium plan finally gets put into motion now that Stronach is on board, regardless of what could come down the road regarding MLS expansion.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Manriquez says he's been involved with volunteer bayou clean-up efforts in that area since before Black Page was put into motion.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Most incumbents vowed to continue work already put in motion.
    — Della Hasselle | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 7 Nov. 2020
  • But once Blumenthal supposedly found the email in his spam folder — according to Fallon — the project was put into motion.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby had been largely quiet in recent weeks as the expansion was put in motion.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Throughout the pandemic, Germany has been quick to put in motion practical measures such as contact tracing, which took other countries months to roll out.
    — Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2020
  • In Texas, that put in motion a trigger law that will ban virtually all abortions in the coming weeks and defines an unborn child as a living human from fertilization to birth.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 July 2022
  • The game warden closed the front door and put into motion a percussive score of pockets emptying, closet doors opening and closing, and footsteps starting their way somewhere.
    — Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • The ruling nullifying Roe put in motion Texas’ trigger law that will ban virtually all abortions as of Thursday.
    — Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • In just a year as governor, Ms. Hochul has advanced many of the environmental priorities put in motion by fellow Democrats.
    — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2022
  • On the company’s earnings call, Hastings said the succession plan began to be put in motion about 10 years ago, and was accelerated with their promotions.
    — Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The removal was put in motion by Brad Herman, a representative of the family who has been asked to serve as a co-conservator by Birdsong’s relatives.
    — Christopher Petkanas, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • President Biden can begin with what his team has already put in motion toward a clear vision of the world his grandchildren’s grandchildren will inherit.
    — Felicia Wong, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The drama is put in motion by an incident at the high school attended by Wei, an outgoing only son from a middle-class family, and Shuo, his quiet, perceptive classmate.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Of the remaining 3,000, the vast majority are benefiting from housing programs put into motion before Bass took office, her team said.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023

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