spirit
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South Cotswolds MP Roz Savage criticised Sir Ed's leadership ahead of conference, urging the party to rediscover its "insurgent spirit" rather than being the "polite custodians of a system that leaves people feeling powerless".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
But her foray into topical talk has lit a fire in her spirit.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
By making intentional decisions aligned with your goals and values, leading an active social life and contributing to a cause that elevates your spirit, you’re bound to feel more happy and fulfilled.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
You see this kindred spirit through reading, and it’s the most beautiful thing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
You would come to cheer her up, but you would be the one who would leave that silent bedroom, spirit mysteriously and gloriously renewed.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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On better days, she strolled up to it, even hugging its jagged trunk and inhaling the earthy scent to lift her spirits.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Father and son are helped by a trio of friendly spirits, who enter Lincoln’s body and encourage him to accept Willie’s demise, so that Willie can move on as well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Kathryn, who takes part in walks at Heligan Gardens near Mevagissey, noted the walks helped lift her spirits when she felt down.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
She now does for us what the library’s spirits did for her, teaching anyone who’s interested how to see.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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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"South Africa has lost a unique and spirited individual whose light shone brightly while it lasted," Mzaca added in a tribute on the Mail & Guardian news site.
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
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
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
Some believed silver-haired yumboes from the depths of the Greater Jungle had spirited the old man away and still danced with him barefoot by moonlight.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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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
I have an image of spiriting Cordelia away, rescuing her.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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