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
Still, said Tahir Andrabi, "It is hard to be an optimist in the new exchange of hostilities."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
"I was born an optimist," he told me.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
Whether you are an A.I. optimist or pessimist, you’d ideally agree that few industries have ever screamed out more for intense scrutiny at a particular moment than generative A.I. does right now.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026
“An optimist is positive and hopeful. A pessimist is negative and cynical.”
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
"At least we'll get a fee," some optimists might have thought.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“The optimists who say we are turning the corner, and the people who say, ‘Well maybe if we had done this 10 or 15 years we’d be OK,’ but now, they’re not so sure.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
The short answer is more than even the optimists dared hope for.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
History is on the side of the optimists.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
He’s one of those eternal optimists, which is another one of those cute Sahil things I’m trying not to notice too much.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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