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inextinguishable

[in-ik-sting-gwi-shuh-buhl] / ˌɪn ɪkˈstɪŋ gwɪ ʃə bəl /




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Being at home is a ritual, as religious, in its way, as remembering the Maccabees’ inextinguishable lamp or the exodus from Egypt.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

“To blind hatred, we will always oppose the inextinguishable thirst for teaching. The thirst for knowledge. The thirst for living free,” he added.

From Seattle Times Oct. 16, 2023

"We will always counter blind hatred with the inextinguishable thirst to teach. The thirst to learn. The thirst to live freely".

From Reuters Oct. 16, 2023

But he and others live with an inextinguishable awareness of the threats to their homes, and to the islands themselves, from sea level rise or the next big storm.

From New York Times Sep. 6, 2019

In all sports, they lacked his inextinguishable fierceness, his hunger for games.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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