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Noun
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The entrepreneur and lifestyle icon has built a career out of creating and celebrating beautiful things, but a killer instinct for business is why her career has far outpaced the men’s around her.—
Lale Arikoglu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Mar. 2026 -
During the third, his killer instinct shifted focus.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Missile exchanges have jarred with the spirit of the holidays underway across the region.—
Siham Shamalakh,
Washington Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Waddle is a diminutive deity in Texas, where whispers of his spirit twist across baseball diamonds and basketball courts and football fields from Bellaire to the Woodlands to Dallas.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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This second fertilization forms a sibling that never develops root or stem, but instead fattens with starch and other food, all drawn from the mother flower.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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But many brands mix stabilizers and thickeners, such as tapioca starch and carob gum, into their products for consistency.—
Emily Saladino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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The sheer grit and strength of human spirit in this book is incredibly moving and gave me a new perspective on everyday challenges.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
20 Mar. 2026
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On a hot, dry March day, the dusty festival grounds — a movie set where Nelson filmed 1984’s Red Headed Stranger — took on the grit and hue of a classic Western.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Overambitiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overambitiousness. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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