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Skilled professionals turned creators often don’t aspire to switch to full-time influencing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

"Rather we aspire for it to grow, and perhaps appropriate conditions will emerge one day for all countries of the region to gather under its umbrella."

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

“And when it comes to our news operations, I do not aspire to lead these companies to bend their newsrooms to my views. I believe that news should be based on facts and truth.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Most young workers who aspire to feel wealthy will need to continue investing a considerable share of their income for some time.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

He said, “That, Octavian, is something to aspire to.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Archer aspires to build a fleet of air taxis that could potentially jet New York City travelers to airports in 15 minutes or less, avoiding traffic jams.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Eden Bower, a statuesque young woman, aspires to stardom on the stage; her real name is Edna Bowers—“her father sold farming machinery in Huntington, Illinois.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Corvette, a promising and hard-working designer herself who aspires to Christie’s brilliance, is tormented by nightmares of rich people complaining about the generation who “can’t expect everything to be handed to them.”

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

“Sheep” aspires for Spielbergian catharsis — one scene seems to consider itself an art-house take on “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” — but the human characters come off as mechanical as the little robot boy.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

“The magnitude of the job dwarfs every man who aspires to it.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Some who had once aspired to be homeowners now see it as out of reach.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Manuel Cuesta, a 63-year-old historian and opposition activist, recalled seeing Castro as a "redeemer" in his youth who had made Cuba what it aspired to be.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

One common thread in all five contributions is the impulse to make America the land of opportunity that it has aspired to be since its founding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

In truth, I never aspired to the spotlight in the way he did.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

They were the first South African expedition ever to be granted a permit to climb Everest, a mixed-race group that aspired to put the first black person on the summit.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Flores worked in a recruitment division, which handles job applications from aspiring officers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Amid today’s U.S. housing crisis, the Midwest has repeatedly emerged as an attractive, cheap option for aspiring home buyers.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

One of the biggest mistakes aspiring founders make is waiting for everything to be perfect so Wong recommends following an "80-20 rule".

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

In the film, Early plays Maddie Ralph, an aspiring test-kitchen chef at a hip food publication.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

But I used to hide in the back of the school theater in London and watch Mrs. Campbell test aspiring actors.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins