vocation
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And business is a real vocation for a lot of people.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026
Such suffering, however, did not distract him from his vocation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Cobb took to this role as a public educator naturally; teacher wasn’t just her vocation but an essential facet of her personality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
She added: "In my calling now, I strive to carry the care and compassion that shaped my vocation as a nurse into everything that I do."
From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026
Blanca led the idle life that was her true vocation, while her husband gave himself to those small pleasures that only money can buy and that he had denied himself for such a long time.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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