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
  • 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 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
  • His demise was a result of his own personal indiscretions, though his vote for the Jan. 6 independent commission, which failed in the Senate, put in motion the primary contest that played a role in his secret being made public.
    — Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The uncertainty adds to concerns among some community leaders that the progressive agenda Fletcher campaigned on when he was first ran for the board in 2018 — and put into motion after Vargas and Lawson-Remer joined him years later — may soon stall.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023

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