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esprit

[e-spree] / ɛˈspri /


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The president told NBC News it would be an exercise in generating some "esprit de corps" - suggesting that he saw an opportunity to galvanise his troops.

From BBC Sep. 30, 2025

Hiller believes nicknames can be useful in developing an identity and esprit de corps for young players, who are typically lacking both.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 2025

“I think there’s certainly an esprit de corps, a unity, a camaraderie that comes from going through an experience like this,” Lee said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2025

And despite all the rule changes, precautions and equipment improvements meant to decrease brain damage, players are bigger and stronger and seem to play with a greater esprit de martyrdom than ever before.

From Washington Post Oct. 7, 2022

In 1928, when I was nine, I belonged, with maximum esprit de corps, to an organization known as the Comanche Club.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger




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