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spirit

[spir-it] / ˈspɪr ɪt /




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But Anderson and Dr. King changed all that, and it is good to know that their spirit has long endured, both above ground and below.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Eurovision said it believed the posts weren't in "the spirit of the competition", and ordered their removal.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

A similar spirit of reconciliation seems to be afoot in Wisconsin.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Chinese officials have for months accused Japan of rekindling the spirit of Japanese militarism that fueled its brutal wartime conduct, a charge since picked up by North Korea and Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

I want to tell Father, “Stop, slow,” but I can feel how his spirit, his mind are trying to rush pass sadness.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Koizumi left the shrine without responding to reporters' questions, but he later said on Instagram that he visited to "offer his sincere condolences to the heroic spirits who sacrificed their precious lives for the nation."

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Carrick spoke to Mainoo "through the World Cup" and says he has been "in great spirits" this week.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The central question remains whether Japan will become an economy where reforms have unleashed more animal spirits and spurred investment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Seeing his place in its current state has dampened his spirits but not his determination to rebuild.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

The spirits began to send messages not only through the sisters, but, Leah said, directed to them, “Make ready for the work.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

Some of it, probably, was warranted or in the spirited mission of liberty, as some will undoubtedly argue, but far from all of it.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

It’s about the training and manning of the spirited, fighting goshawk.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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

L’Avant-Garde wastes zero time spiriting patrons across the pond.

From Washington Post Feb. 10, 2023

War heroes: A student spiriting supplies to soldiers.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2022

“The Reds say you’re charging ’em with spiriting away the old man’s daughter.”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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