ambition
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Vance told USA Today that “my faith tells me to fight against” the blind pursuit of ambition and instead “focus on the good” and “make wise decisions and moral decisions.”
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Both projects use the mountain as an opportunity to explore the limits of human ambition, the allure of danger and the possibility of transcendence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
In my first Year of Katie, I’ve come to admire the balance of independence and interdependence, ambition and collaboration that sustains her scrappy, indie-artist life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
"The location supports our ambition to create local jobs, support Scottish farmers and retain more value in Scotland's rural economy."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
My blinding ambition, you see, my dream of dreams, was to become one day the owner of a White Mouse Circus.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
WSJ’s David Wainer explains how Elon Musk’s ambitions with Tesla and SpaceX are turning the aerospace company into an AI company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The other main reason that SpaceX’s cloud targets matter is the sheer amount of money that the company is doling out in pursuit of its ambitions here.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Trevarthen said that some children had previously assumed all astronauts were American, but learning about a British astronaut had helped them see that such ambitions were possible.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The Rams’ offense sputtered and the team fell woefully short of its Super Bowl ambitions during an 18-16 loss to the Arizona Cardinals Sunday at SoFi Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
He had been refused a visa years ago, when he was newly graduated and drunk with American ambitions, but with his new bank statements, he easily got a visa.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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