incorrigible
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As an incorrigible collector of classical music recordings for 30 years, I confess I have never thought of the National Symphony Orchestra’s appearance on an album cover a reason to buy it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
As it happens, sending astronauts to the moon and Mars ranked at the bottom of the list of priorities — something that probably won’t affect Musk’s incorrigible enthusiasm for the red planet.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025
Trump’s parents shipped their incorrigible second son off to military school 90 minutes outside New York City just after his 13th birthday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2024
“He always thought I was an incorrigible optimist. So he was genuinely astonished,” Bird would later say.
From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2023
A recurrent theme was of “hard-boiled, but not incorrigible inmates who somehow came around under the compassionate, but firm hand of the warden.”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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