ambition
Example Sentences
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The depreciation has punctured India's ambition to become the world's third-largest economy.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
Leeds head coach Daniel Farke says he is "not the right choice" to remain in charge of the club if they fail to match his ambition in the summer.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
George W. Bush attended the spectacular opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a highly symbolic display of ambition by an ascendant China.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
“There’s a real kind of bottleneck with a constraint on engineering capacity. There’s great ambition for what people would like to do,” Spence said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
As she continues to rant about ambition and perseverance, my eyes glaze over.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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