ambition
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But after years of fighting for my own bylines, my ambition now was to help my students thrive, make a living and not repeat my mistakes.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
The Wicker Tree, released in 2011, brought him closer to that ambition, but his death in 2016 at the age of 86 left the project incomplete.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
With shows like FX’s “Adults” and HBO’s “I Love LA” satirizing real-life hardships such as layoffs, fitting in at work and unchecked career ambition, here’s how TV has taken on modern workplace struggles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
I’m reminded of “The Odyssey,” which felt, to me, crushed by its own ambition, hoping to be everything at once simply because it could be.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
So all the time I was growing up, right on into high school, I had this ambition to go to the United States and finish my schooling there.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
Potential profitability challenges haven’t deterred institutional investors from backing XPeng’s ambitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Mark Carney has the means to achieve his ambitions because the country is behind him," says Genevieve Tellier, a professor of political science at the University of Ottawa.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Fedorov denied having immediate political ambitions but didn't rule out a future run for president.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
There is one Black-led project for which Marvel has ambitions plans, though.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In manner he was cold and imperious, and he was without scruple in the furtherance of his ambitions.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing ambition
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