striver
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Vance tends to come across as more of a pathetic striver than an effective bully.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Long before “American Idol” and its ilk, pageants were a means for a small-town striver to vault herself into a bigger world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Rebekah, a corporate striver with a mercenary streak, is beholden to her first-born boy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
I should mention that the saintly striver is all the while giving support to a former prostitute, hoping to open a hospital and enduring a lung condition with a terminal prognosis.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
He was himself a striver, and he sought to instill that ethos in the school.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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