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quest

[kwest] / kwɛst /


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If management refuses to yield in its quest for a salary cap—something the players have vowed to reject under any circumstance—that streak could soon end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Spencer Pratt is a showboat, a loudmouth, a troll and a self-proclaimed villain who seems willing to say anything in his quest to be the next mayor of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Mark Helprin’s bittersweet ode to Brooklyn, an intellectual romance between two devout souls, Elizabeth Strout’s novel of a midlife quest for meaning and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

There are the standards Salah helped to set that emanated through the club in his and Liverpool's quest for greatness.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

“Our quest is urgent,” said Adaon, who had finished binding Ellidyr’s wound and had come to stand near Gwystyl.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander




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