ambition
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France's Culture Minister Catherine Pegard paid tribute to Altmayer as a "producer with a keen eye, capable of bringing together popular comedy and auteur ambition with the same accuracy".
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Elon Musk has never been shy about his ambition.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
But what some perceive as a negative makes the Green Lantern legend appealing to others, especially those driven to ascend through ambition and hard work.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Over successive meetings, Kushner’s drive and ambition became evident.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
It was hard to imagine him ever lonely, or bored or despondent; his equanimity was bottomless, as was his lack of ambition, and he assumed that everyone else was much like him.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
There’s a world where A.I.-assisted short films could improve in quality and possibly inspire less-recognized creatives to realize their ambitions.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
You suffer and you cry with them, and also experience their joy, their challenges, their ambitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Experts and couples interviewed by AFP spoke of a combination of factors, including longer educations and growing professional ambitions among women, along with rising divorce rates and financial strain on young professionals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s game, getting him back healthy and in a groove was vital for the Dodgers’ postseason ambitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
For this brief moment, the two physicists’ ambitions and skills fell into perfect accord.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing ambition
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