idealistic
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It would have been a lot to ask that Simkhovitch, idealistic and self-sacrificing, predict that immigrant poverty and its housing conditions would be ameliorated with time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
"But we don't live in this idealistic world where everyone is logical. The passion of football fans is what makes the game great."
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Edgar Snow, born in Kansas City, was an idealistic reporter handpicked by the Communist leadership, in Mr. Dikötter’s words, “after careful vetting.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
A sweet, idealistic grade-school teacher, Salim doesn’t share his aging dad’s fiery rhetoric regarding Israel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
Of particular interest to a brainy, idealistic youth such as Farmer, Virchow helped define the field of medical anthropology—the study of human health and disease and public health care systems.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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