aspire

I saw not as a cautionary tale, but something to aspire to,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Both achieved something many college students aspire to: Erle graduated debt-free, and Lee left school with a job that kickstarted his profession.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

"I'm a regular kid from west Belfast, from an Irish-Ghanian background. I'm nothing special, but just want to leave a legacy the next generation can aspire to."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

SpaceX will aspire the next time around to execute a launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn and landing burn of the booster offshore without hiccups.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

Archer aspires to build a fleet of air taxis that could potentially jet New York City travelers to airports in 15 minutes or less, avoiding traffic jams.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

The serious journalism Margaret aspires to do is splintering under our distrust of who controls the megaphones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Corvette, a promising and hard-working designer herself who aspires to Christie’s brilliance, is tormented by nightmares of rich people complaining about the generation who “can’t expect everything to be handed to them.”

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

SpaceX also aspires to refuel Starships in orbit, which would unlock the potential for many of the company’s—and Musk’s—more far-flung goals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

"Your brother Benjen came to me about Jon a few days ago. It seems the boy aspires to take the black."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

In truth, I never aspired to the spotlight in the way he did.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Many series followed in the wake of “Battlestar Galactica” that aspired to capitalize on its legacy; in my mind, “The Expanse” came closest to meeting its level of fearless political and social pertinence.

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

“A schedule full of games you have aspired to can be such a delight,” he wrote in one of the more than 450 Publisher’s Memo columns he wrote for Referee magazine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Ashford Inc. never became the big manager of outside assets that it aspired to be.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

Lagos has never been, will never be, and has never aspired to be like New York, or anywhere else for that matter.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

An aspiring screenwriter himself, Hunnam has penned a project for Max Winkler, who’s also the main director on “Monster.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

In the film, Early plays Maddie Ralph, an aspiring test-kitchen chef at a hip food publication.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

She said Lehigh Acres has long contended with negative associations from the foreclosure crisis, but that it is steadily shedding that image as it draws aspiring homeowners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Some in the real-estate industry encouraged aspiring buyers to “date the rate, marry the house,” assuring them that they could refinance when rates dropped.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

But I used to hide in the back of the school theater in London and watch Mrs. Campbell test aspiring actors.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins