ambition
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The first pours of Cup of Ambition will be served at Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop, a new travel center opening June 24 off Exit 22 on Interstate 65 south of Nashville.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
“I just thought, well, there we go. I’m just never going to wear brown shoes,” said Raath, who now runs his own consulting firm, the Ambition Company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
That’s not even the only cruise in the news right now for public health reasons—a norovirus outbreak on a ship called Ambition recently made dozens of passengers sick shortly after the trip began.
From Slate • May 16, 2026
Ambition - for themselves and their party, and, they'd say, the country - is what gets politicians out of bed in the morning.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026
Ambition and kindness were warring inside her, and she was choosing ambition...again.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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