ambition
Example Sentences
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“I was just completely sucked in, and I was intrigued by the ambition, the characters, which just glittered off the page,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
"Every referee's ambition is to go to the World Cup," Artan told BBC Somali in an interview last week.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
With the spacious GV80, Hyundai Motor Group furthers its ambition to rule the premium SUV market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
What does it mean to lack ambition in a country that worships wealth?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
I was beginning to see the extent of his ambition.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing ambition
Nothing But the Truth
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