optimism
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London City Lionesses are providing plenty of optimism on the pitch but even if they were to qualify for the Champions League this season, are they allowed to?
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
I have a very specific fantasy about the restaurant I would open, should someone ever hand me a set of keys and an unlimited supply of funds and optimism.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Caltech needs only to look up to see reasons for optimism now and into the future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Tech firms diverged Thursday with a mixed bag of results for some of the AI sector's big beasts tempering the recent spurt of optimism amid growing anxiety about companies' investment and debt.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
It lacked the lyrical eloquence and the floating optimism of the Jeffersonian version because it was grounded in the palpable sense of contingency Adams had internalized over his long career.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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