ambition
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I arrived in Seattle with dreams and ambition and ended up building Starbucks into a company known around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
When I tell The Dog my gardening ambition, she cocks her head to one side.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
"We deserve four trains an hour at stations across our growing regional rail network," she said, adding: "We'll continue working with partners to deliver the infrastructure needed to make that ambition a reality."
From BBC • May 8, 2026
These gaps, in other words, reflect broader differences in access to wealth-building tools rather than differences in effort or ambition.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
Tom White died in January 2011, but not before realizing his ambition to give away virtually every last dollar to philanthropy.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing ambition
Nothing But the Truth
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