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overambitious



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"I have got 30 years in policing, I've worked in this area. I live here… It might be overambitious, but I think we're going to do very well."

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

White gets the open position he craves, but his overambitious kingside attack with 17. g4?! leads nowhere, and by 21.

From Washington Times ● May 2, 2023

“The word implied something bombastic and overambitious, which seemed accurate enough,” Mr. Tomkins quoted her as saying.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

“That said, I think if the guy wasn’t so positive, or overambitious about the timelines, I don’t know if Prime Air would exist.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2022

It was starting to feel a bit overambitious.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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