admirable
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But an admirable idea famously backfired when Paul Gascoigne finished a round of golf then discovered he was one of six players at the training camp who would be left out.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
It was admirable that Wemby played chess and devoured paperbacks, but what was going to happen in crunch time, when an opponent socked him in the gut and tried to shake him?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Jack Thorne, who co-wrote last year’s prize-winning “Adolescence,” returns with another story of fractured childhood with an admirable, engrossing new adaptation of William Golding’s much-taught novel of boy castaways, “The Lord of the Flies.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Run by Wellington Management—where Bogle worked before Vanguard—the fund boasts more than $110 billion in assets and an admirable record.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
“Such loyalty is admirable, of course,” said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, “but Dumbledore is gone, Harry. He’s gone.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing admirable
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