passion
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Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so powerful that it takes over the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger. Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling: agitated by emotion. Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing. Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, especially refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment.
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“This town still has the passion for music. It hasn’t lost it through business and money, which may be big here but the music aspect still has the passion,” he told the magazine.
From MarketWatch ā Oct. 16, 2026
To play always with the same effort, the same commitment and the same passion, that is a thing that we need to keep.”
From Los Angeles Times ā Oct. 13, 2026
Rainey is a type designer whose passion for her craft equals her son’s for his, and whose knowledge of typography will eventually itself prove heroic.
From Los Angeles Times ā Oct. 13, 2026
He all but welcomed disunion because it offered him a chance to pursue his only true passion: Army service.
From The Wall Street Journal ā Oct. 12, 2026
On the other side, blacks like Mr. Horton showed their passion for the power of the ballot and came out in large numbers for Big Bill.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
Though passions may, at times, have strained the bonds of affection between the United States and Europe, it must not be allowed to break them.
From The Wall Street Journal ā Oct. 8, 2026
The humor comes from their passions not seeming worthy of the level of seriousness with which they pursue them.
From Los Angeles Times ā Sep. 25, 2026
This is just the autumn itinerary for a wild year of letting themselves chase hobbies and passions, completely unencumbered by the corporate career paths they have built.
From The Wall Street Journal ā Sep. 17, 2026
"It's a place I don't want to come back to. I want to live my life, enjoy my passions and my memories of Ralph," he said.
From BBC ā Sep. 8, 2026
Lancelot was in one of his rare passions, possibly on account of the sufferings of his horse.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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