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zeal

[zeel] / zil /


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However, the 2024 Labour landslide under Sir Keir saw him tackling climate change with a renewed zeal in government, pushing a Green Prosperity Plan to invest in renewables and unlock new jobs and economic growth.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

The bald, 6-foot-2 executive—who stands to make nearly $1 billion if he can help increase the company’s market capitalization by 500% in the next five years—has embraced it with zeal.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

By the following month, the zeal had died out, partly due to a valuation correction in software.

From Barron's May 19, 2026

There are others, though, whose own zeal and blind ambition are obvious.

From Salon Apr. 12, 2026

Even my father, who safeguarded his possessions with a military order and zeal, never bothered with it, considering it a colony of junk that was mine.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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