irrepressible

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We all hold irrepressible yearnings and desires; they have driven us, across time, to engage with a spiritual world that encompasses beauty and, more importantly, our own inner lives and our connection to community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The visitors were 59-1 at lunch, leading by 99, with Duckett on 28 and Pope not-out 24, digging in after the irrepressible Mitchell Starc again pounced in the first over.

From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025

Zak Crawley was out for a duck from the sixth ball of the series to Mitchell Starc, who was irrepressible in taking 7-58.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Incidentally, it also helped that the irrepressible Puka Nacua caught 10 passes for 130 yards.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

The Italian, whose head covered with patent leather curls aroused in women an irrepressible need to sigh, dealt with Amaranta as with a capricious little girl who was not worth taking seriously.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez