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ambitious person





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"He is quite an ambitious person and I think he will try to do it," he says.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2024

For many people, he’s the kind of obnoxiously ambitious person whose greatest pleasure as a teenager was coming up with novel ways to obstruct Model UN resolutions.

From Salon Nov. 6, 2018

“I can’t say he was an ambitious person, like he had dreams and goals,” said Kary Thomas, his sister.

From New York Times Apr. 6, 2017

I would say she was an ambitious person.

From Seattle Times Nov. 15, 2016

To his way of thinking, the Big Bang occurred after a single ambitious person seized power, perhaps in a coup.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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