aspiring to
Example Sentences
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“Anyone aspiring to a public service career deserves to be safe. It should be fundamental.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
"They are what every club in England is aspiring to be," Ashton said.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Bill Ackman, aspiring to replace him as the world’s leading investment guru, thinks the time has come to act on that advice.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
Chalamet gets dinged for aspiring to greatness, and Penn’s about to win his third Oscar simply for being great — and not talking about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
Up and up it went, not weaving as it would have done with a snatching loose, but soaring, swimming, aspiring to heaven, steady, golden and superb.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
