greed
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The court described the tragedy as caused by "individuals driven by greed, with utter disregard for human life".
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Just as your altruism or kindness can lead you astray, so can other motivations, like greed — participating in a get-rich-quick scam that seems too good to be true.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
In January, the prime minister said he aimed to "protect those who are most exposed to that speculation and that greed".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Incidents of great kindness alternate with base acts of greed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Whether the cause was the Pilgrim God, Pilgrim guns, or Pilgrim greed, native losses were foreordained; Indians could not have stopped colonization, in this view, and they hardly tried.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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