spirit
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We did, however, register a website for our new school ventures, ProPublicaAcademy.com, and even designed some fun pencils to show our school spirit.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
That this doesn’t play like jokey stunt casting speaks to the spirit of communal, all-hands-on-deck engagement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Some residents said they had been "shaken by the incident" but that "community spirit and local support has been exceptional".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Both “Run the Gauntlet” and “Lost in Geneva” demonstrate that a traditional setting makes an ideal host for an avant-garde spirit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
She’d done things no previous spirit had been allowed: grabbed his tail, entered his home uninvited, broken his teacups.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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If nothing else, I hoped the mild climate and views of snow-capped peaks would buoy my spirits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Lidl, which operates some 13,000 outlets around the world, including hundreds in the U.S., failed to get a license to sell wine, beer or spirits in its Belfast store.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The question for the chancellor is whether better consumer and business spirits can be reconciled with the need for a "challenging" Budget?
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
U.S. spirits exports to Canada fell roughly 70% over a 12-month period, dropping from $232 million to $72 million, while U.S. wine exports to Canada plunged by 87%, from $456 million to $60 million.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Though Kate remained in Auburn, the spirits in Rochester spelled out meticulous instructions for a presentation to the public.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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The precious objects were spirited out and trafficked abroad, including to the US.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Our country has a long and famous history of spirited disputations and political acrimony; it is both a blessing and a curse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
Yes, “Spa Weekend” is a plate of reheated “Wedding Crashers” nachos, because no one stirs up cheerful chaos like the spirited Fisher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
After some spirited bargaining, I gave her the loden-stone and a single talent in order to wipe out my extremely short term loan of twenty talents.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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“You can be in a sort of magpie mode where you’re always looking for things to use, and spiriting those things back to your creative process,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Parada, co-founder of the treasure-hunting outfit Finders Keepers, has long suspected the FBI of conducting a secret overnight dig for the gold and spiriting it away.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
It has carried out spectacular missions such as hunting down Arab enemies through Europe, capturing Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann and, with agents disguised as scuba diving instructors, spiriting Ethiopian Jews out to Israel.
From Reuters ● Aug. 1, 2023
War heroes: A student spiriting supplies to soldiers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
I have an image of spiriting Cordelia away, rescuing her.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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