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[spir-it] / ˈspɪr ɪt /




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A local spirit medium sprinkles blood on the ground to appease the ancestors before blessing the kill and presiding over the distribution of the meat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

"Martine Rose embodies this spirit with a fresh, fearless and deeply contemporary vision."

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

They are competitive with fighting spirit but they need to respect the other one and the brand and the people working back home and on track.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

To the founders who imagined it, the staff members who built it, the contributors who gave it their voices and the alumni who carried its spirit into the world: Thank you.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

The spirit rapped the exact number of dead grandparents, parents, and children.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

RTDs based on existing spirits brands have less than a 5% share of the fourth category in the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Courtney Iseman breaks down why gimmicky cocktails go wrong—and gives some recipe ideas for making your spooky spirits a smashing success.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

On Día de los Muertos, it is believed that the spirits of ancestors return to visit the living.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

From 2020 to 2023, Jiang also served on the board of Xinjiang Yilite Industry, a maker of Chinese spirits controlled by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a state paramilitary organization with extensive business operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The growing popularity of spirits in the news tempted the publicity-minded Mr. Capron to expand the Fox sisters’ reach.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Despite his efforts, his team were beaten as the spirited Sri Lankans pulled off the second-highest run-chase in history in one of the most astonishing ODIs ever played.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

"They're very spirited, and you get the tribalism, so it's the closest thing we have to European football fanbases," Dubiski told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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

The Rahims had always been a spirited bunch when eating together, constantly interrupting each other in a friendly competition for airtime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

He had finally taken off his bandages, and celebrated having the full use of both arms again by doing spirited imitations of Harry falling off his broom.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

“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

Parada, co-founder of the treasure-hunting outfit Finders Keepers, has long suspected the FBI of conducting a secret overnight dig for the gold and spiriting it away.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 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

“The Reds say you’re charging ’em with spiriting away the old man’s daughter.”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright


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