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quixotic

[kwik-sot-ik] / kwɪkˈsɒt ɪk /


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Though Darshan’s quest might seem quixotic, legal experts say the government is evaluating more cases like his.

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This goal, far more abstract than a daily word count, demands a correspondingly quixotic process.

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With its aims so quixotic and its ambitions so extravagant, the movement was destined to fail.

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What the film shows us, in what seems a very honest if impressionistic depiction, is that most of the world was not necessarily obsessed with rock and pop and quixotic campaigns to change the world.

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The other advantage was their quixotic approach to financial markets: They were consciously looking for long shots.

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