optimist
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Odysseus may have held out hope throughout years of setbacks, obstacles and traps laid by vengeful deities, but the man who plays him on the big screen is no optimist.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Ever the optimist, Byford touts the quality of Chakrabarti’s design and Cipriano’s financial plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
"I was born an optimist," he told me.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
But the eternal optimist said he draws strength from the example set by Glover: "He's a natural American hero, in my opinion."
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
I said, “Mr. Mahaltra, are you an optimist or a pessimist?”
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
Hopefully, I don’t sound as naive as those early internet optimists, who thought new shifts would usher in a golden age of humanity.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Tearing our hair out and burying ourselves in the ground -- that's not our way. We are optimists," Vadym, who declined to give his surname, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The optimists, looking ahead to a peace deal, can expect the Treasury market to refocus on other drivers once the war ends, like the Fed.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
The short answer is more than even the optimists dared hope for.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
The short answer to that second question was: the optimists.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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