ethic
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Pedroza said that his quarterback’s competitiveness and work ethic were evident from the first freshman year practice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
What I will say about Sullivan is he has the work ethic to go with the talent.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Her father worked there while pursuing an engineering degree, instilling a work ethic she applied to everything from martial arts to a job taking out the trash at a park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
“I’ve seen a lot of athletes over the years, but he’s one of those people who has the talent and the work ethic to go with it,” Moorpark football and track coach Christian Dearborn said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
It’s a lot of effort, and it seems to me that without my work ethic, you’d be screwed.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
The Vatican invited Anthropic to a launch event for Pope Leo’s encyclical, citing the company’s ethics following its face-off with the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
An adjunct professor at Pepperdine’s Caruso School of Law, he’s taught ethics, antitrust, copyright and patent law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"That has to be within the control of a UK, preferably UK-owned firm, but certainly a UK firm that understands the ethics and way that the NHS works," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The film poses no questions about Hansen’s ethics that haven’t already been asked, making the entire affair feel guilty of the same sensationalism as Hansen’s original show.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
I enrolled in every course I could squeeze into my schedule, from German idealism to the history of secularism to ethics and law.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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