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
But despite her comparisons to pessimistic comedians like Larry David, Hoffman remains an optimist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Dad was a perpetual optimist, confident that brains someday would triumph over inanimate steel; bolstered in the belief that he entered the fray with clean hands and a pure heart.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Why are the optimists confident humans are safe?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He and other optimists believe the old ways will fuel a return to healthier, smaller-scale, more sustainable food production across the US.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
"At least we'll get a fee," some optimists might have thought.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Henry and Esme are always calling themselves optimists and telling Olive to not be such a pessimist.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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