spirited
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Since 1982, policymakers and prominent economists have gathered in this valley ringed by mountains in Grand Teton National Park -- known to most people more for its bison than for spirited debates on macroeconomics.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
If you, too, have abandoned bars of soap in your bathroom, Dan’s spirited and incredibly thorough reporting might just make you think twice the next time you stock up.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Lifted by a spirited second-quarter showing, Mayo emerged for the second half and continued to rattle Kerry, shutting down space and flooding forward in numbers.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The supposed victim, an annoying little girl who is perpetually at war with her father, begs to be spirited away by a woman she meets outside a fast-food joint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Marshall Square was squalid, dark, and dingy, but we were all together and so impassioned and spirited that I barely noticed my surroundings.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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