fire in the belly

Example Sentences

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Jacobs: Do they have fire in the belly?

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

"The dedication that comes from doing sport to that level, the obsession that you need, that fire in the belly."

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2023

“They just don’t have the fire in the belly anymore. That leaves people who want to take a hard line with nowhere to go.”

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2022

How much longer will he retain the fire in the belly to build in Providence?

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2019

One saw similar flashes of the classic fire in the belly kind of journalism during the agitation against Meta Strips metal recycling plant four years ago.

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