ethos
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Jamie Jones-Buchanan, a former teammate of Rob Burrow, described the team's ethos in good and bad times: "We went through success and adversity, but we always came out on the other side together."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Hell, the entire ethos of the Rocky story was “Never give up, always lead with your heart.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Her interest in Japanese fashion comes down to what she calls “the ethos that it carries” — a sense of uniqueness and an appreciation for imperfection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
To borrow from “The Big Lebowski,” another cult classic passed around by DVD-owning adepts, say what you will about moron-maxxing, at least it’s an ethos.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
The speed with which humor dates is an index of how closely it is wired into a set of shared assumptions—and consequently how bound up with an orator’s ethos appeal.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing ethos
The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 1
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Introducing Rhetoric: Using the "Available Means" (Chapter 1)
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This Week in Words: June 4 - 8, 2018
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