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hopeful

[hohp-fuhl] / ˈhoʊp fəl /




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“You make a bigger impact than you think,” said Walker, who’s hopeful the same viewers will start to tune in to the local Fox station.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The charity is hopeful in the future the treatment will become available to even more prostate cancer patients.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

"We're hopeful to be launching in the next couple of months. We're ready to go. We're just waiting for a couple last approvals," Kaity Fischer, Wayve's vice president of commercial and operations, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

That has been really hopeful, honestly, just realizing how people can’t be labeled in the way that you might try to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The prince saluted them both with a hopeful smile, then strode purposefully out the door and back to where they’d hidden their belongings in the brush outside the clearing.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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