zeal
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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
However, the 2024 Labour landslide under Sir Keir saw him tackling climate change with a renewed zeal in government, pushing a Green Prosperity Plan to invest in renewables and unlock new jobs and economic growth.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
In her zeal to convince readers that social and systemic factors shape women’s careers, Ms. O’Connell risks triggering the opposite reaction: Perhaps all women are fated to be victims of the ambition penalty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
By the following month, the zeal had died out, partly due to a valuation correction in software.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
In their zeal to purify usage and safeguard the language, they have made it difficult to think clearly about felicity in expression and have muddied the task of explaining the art of writing.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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