aspiring to
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“I was like, ‘I have to write about L.A. in the 2000s because that was what we were absolutely aspiring to at all times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Ahead of the open, Capricorn Metals said it was aspiring to produce 500,000 oz of gold annually within the next five years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
"The filters and the use of AI on social media posts mean some of the images children are seeing are not even real, so they are aspiring to something that does not even exist."
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Another would sneak at night into Bradley’s dance studio; once inside, this student “borrowed” his teacher’s shoes and got to work, practicing “in solitude,” aspiring to Bradley’s elegance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 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
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