aspiring to

Example Sentences

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"They are what every club in England is aspiring to be," Ashton said.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 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

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

After decades of aspiring to remake the world along western liberal lines, the U.S. is coming to terms with limits on U.S. power, said John Lewis Gaddis, a professor of military history at Yale University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Fronted by a lush lawn and palm trees, the Union Passenger Terminal had opened in 1954, an art deco-style building once aspiring to grandness but since overtaken by a certain grey municipal malaise.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers