aspirant
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As Hollywood frantically tries to replicate the success of “Obsession,” other aspirant directors and musicians are trying to reverse engineer the right-place, right-time magic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
When Henry of Navarre sought to become king in the 16th century, the Protestant aspirant faced fierce opposition within Catholic France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
But in a world supposedly clamoring for more shows like “Rome,” DeKnight served up a more popularly appealing vision; critics wrote it off as a small-screen aspirant to succeed “300.”
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
Also discussed as a possible aspirant is the former reformist, Khatami.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Besides, he could not bind all that he had in his nature—the rover, the aspirant, the poet, the priest—in the limits of a single passion.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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