zeal
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And in its zeal to purge the newsroom of dissent, CBS and Weiss may have inadvertently triggered the creation of their most dangerous future competitor — and accidentally set the stage for its own undoing.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
After a life-threatening case of sepsis, she's thrown herself back into that world with determined zeal.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
His reforming zeal made him sympathetic to the Americans but would later come to seem discredited by the violent populism of the French Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
By the following month, the zeal had died out, partly due to a valuation correction in software.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
Vincent looks back on the time when he focused on religion so much—too much—and sees his zeal as a symptom of his melancholic misery.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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