with a passion
idiom
informal
—used to say that someone strongly dislikes someone or something
She hated him with a passion.
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In the late eighteen-nineties, when the New Croton Aqueduct was just beginning to pipe water into the Bronx from Westchester, James Reuel Smith, a wealthy classicist with a passion for cataloguing, used a bicycle to survey the springs and wells of Manhattan and the Bronx.
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Robert Sullivan, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The camps were more or less divided between people who think McCarthy crossed a line with staff in several instances, and others who see him as a top-tier editor with a passion for journalistic results and less patience for staff who fall short.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But the founder-chairman, a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for technology, took a longer view.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
To iron out the wrinkle of how to get the collection into the right hands, the couple reached out to their friend Timothy Rush, a local historian with a passion for preserving Santa Ana history.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2025
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Robert Sullivan, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The camps were more or less divided between people who think McCarthy crossed a line with staff in several instances, and others who see him as a top-tier editor with a passion for journalistic results and less patience for staff who fall short.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But the founder-chairman, a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for technology, took a longer view.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
To iron out the wrinkle of how to get the collection into the right hands, the couple reached out to their friend Timothy Rush, a local historian with a passion for preserving Santa Ana history.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2025
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“With a passion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/with%20a%20passion. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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