ambition
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But what he lacked in engineering chops he made up with ambition.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
"It's a brilliantly written human story about power, control, ambition and greed that might be the most urgently relevant film of our time," Neglia said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
His main ambition was to perform on the stage, a place where he felt most alive, but his dad didn’t see it as a job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Greeks organized civic life around “contest, ambition, competition,” he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
He was passive-aggressive in his treatment of me, but the worst part was his refusal to acknowledge my talent and ambition.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
But in the documentary, the couple is shown discussing plans for a new diagnostic venture, with Evans speaking openly about his desire to revive her original ambitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Saudi Arabia has decided to postpone its flagship investor conference, highlighting how missile attacks on the kingdom’s airports and capital city by the Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen are threatening its economic ambitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Microsoft confirmed Monday that it has pulled out of a UK AI data centre deal with British start-up Nscale, in a blow to the country's artificial intelligence ambitions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
But Wembley is just the beginning of their ambitions.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
My father moved us to Panamá City when I was five because he had political ambitions.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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