aspiration
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Lincoln did not treat the Revolution as an open-ended aspiration; he gave it a moral center, insisting that equality was not an optional inheritance but the nation’s core identity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Flynn said he would be a champion for North Sea oil and gas workers, those struggling with the cost of living, and "young people searching for hope and aspiration".
From BBC • May 19, 2026
“I was raised by two moms, and I had this strange aspiration to become the dad,” Malone said, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
The document recognises Yerevan's aspiration to join the bloc, as well as deepens cooperation between the two sides in economic and security matters.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Making a calculation that was short on information and long on aspiration, Shin told himself he had a ninety percent chance of getting through the fence and a ten percent chance of getting shot.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
Vocabulary lists containing aspiration
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Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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