ambition
Example Sentences
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"Our ambition is to be able to connect to over 100 international cities over the next five years," Douglas said.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 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
Women rarely get to show ambition or greed, and she does that openly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
His passion and ambition were obvious and soon he was invited to train with a team, a 16-year-old playing with adults.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
And this became Florence’s deep ambition: to walk out one morning through the cabin door, never to return.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing ambition
Nothing But the Truth
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