guiding spirit
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That was part of the guiding spirit that made Warped a summer fixture for 25 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024
The executive said "common prosperity" was no longer a concern only for central government-owned financial firms but had trickled down to state investment banks and become the "guiding spirit" for pay talks this year.
From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2022
George Maciunas, the group’s guiding spirit, believed “everything is art and anyone can do it.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2021
Here’s what the National Review’s founder and guiding spirit, William F. Buckley, had to say in 1957 on the subject of how widespread the franchise ought to be:
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2021
But this was very different from the idea of a human body being operated by some kind of guiding spirit which controlled its activities from minute to minute.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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