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Ofwat said company targets were "intended to be ambitious", while an environmental group said sewage pollution should not be accepted as inevitable.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Some areas are turning the corner, but some analysts fear the government's assumptions about improvements may be ambitious.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2026

Should one give a lowball forecast to investors only to over deliver later, or be ambitious and do everything possible to stick to the promised goal?

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 1, 2026

After all, don’t we all consider ourselves to be ambitious and driven?

From Salon Jan. 30, 2025

He may be stern; he may be exacting; he may be ambitious yet; but his is the sternness of the warrior Greatheart, who guards his pilgrim convoy from the onslaught of Apollyon.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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