ambition
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Spaeny: I’m finding ambition more and more unattractive these days.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Beijing has been unusually explicit about the ambition.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
WASHINGTON—President Trump expanded the scope of his diplomatic ambition over the holiday weekend, seeking not only an end-of-war agreement with Iran but also a pact to normalize relations between Israel and the broader Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
The Tau Scaling Law "underscores the company's ambition to lead rather than follow in the global chip race", said George Chen, Partner and Chair of Digital Practice at The Asia Group.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
Looking at the boys, under whose chairs water was pooling before spilling between the floorboard cracks, she knew they could never understand her ambition.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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