spirit
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Many of the Mull fans interviewed are still with us—Steve Martin, for instance, a solidly kindred spirit and a major supporter of Mull’s painting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
We did, however, register a website for our new school ventures, ProPublicaAcademy.com, and even designed some fun pencils to show our school spirit.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
That this doesn’t play like jokey stunt casting speaks to the spirit of communal, all-hands-on-deck engagement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
"We'd worked really hard getting youth into the club again and this bunch of young lads became the spirit of Manchester United," says Ferguson.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The girl’s spirit wavered in some intangible breeze.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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If nothing else, I hoped the mild climate and views of snow-capped peaks would buoy my spirits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A record $150 billion boost to Nvidia’s buyback program aided shares in the chipmaker, which rose 1.5%, but it failed to lift investors’ spirits generally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
"People forget he was my carer, so it's role reversal, although I'm not really looking after him. I'm just trying to keep his spirits up."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The highest costs of the tariffs will be concentrated within a few industries, including auto and other manufacturing, dairy, and alcohol and spirits, said Alex Durante, a senior economist at the Tax Foundation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Next day dawned fine and bright, and as they set off again, Torak’s spirits rose.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Amcanu announced his death with "profound sadness", describing Davies as "strong-willed, spirited, determined and deeply caring".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The pieces are spirited across the border to Egypt, Libya, South Sudan and especially Chad, officials say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
It is up to us to decide whether the spirited words of Patrick Henry, “Give me Liberty or give me death,” still echo across our land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Since 1982, policymakers and prominent economists have gathered in this remote valley ringed by mountains in Grand Teton National Park -- known to most people more for its bison than for spirited debates on macroeconomics.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Because of the price on the head he had been dropped on, he had to be spirited out of Ireland via cargo ship from Galway.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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“You can be in a sort of magpie mode where you’re always looking for things to use, and spiriting those things back to your creative process,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“He was going to retire a very wealthy man, but because he wanted more, what he’s going to be known for from now on is spiriting himself away from Japan by hiding in a box.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
It has carried out spectacular missions such as hunting down Arab enemies through Europe, capturing Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann and, with agents disguised as scuba diving instructors, spiriting Ethiopian Jews out to Israel.
From Reuters ● Aug. 1, 2023
War heroes: A student spiriting supplies to soldiers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
Ambudrones began to descend from above, grasping his victims and spiriting them away to the nearest revival center.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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