zeal
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Safe passes, little zeal, only a modicum of fire and emotion.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“His tenacity, his drive, his zeal, his adventure for life. He’s just Naya in boy form,” Previtire said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
While country music and films brought her fame, her entrepreneurial zeal brought her fortune.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
And in its zeal to purge the newsroom of dissent, CBS and Weiss may have inadvertently triggered the creation of their most dangerous future competitor — and accidentally set the stage for its own undoing.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Then, with far more zeal than he had done anything in weeks, he picked up a pencil stub and wrote down under the inscription, in English, “Fathers and teachers, I ponder ‘What is hell?’
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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