ambitions

Example Sentences

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When she publicized those ambitions in the early 1980s, it caught the attention of the Herschend family, who had recently acquired an Appalachian-themed park in Pigeon Forge.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Mock arrived at Martin’s desk with ambitions that would similarly break from legal tradition, seeking the impeachment of the entire D.C. bench.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

The amount of hype surrounding SpaceX — and the sheer scale of the company’s ambitions — is surely going to drive short-term demand for shares in the IPO.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

London City have ambitions of breaking into the WSL's top three and qualifying for the Champions League in the not-too-distant future, and a signing like Putellas would be a huge step towards that.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck