strivings

plural of striving

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Noun
  • Before welcoming William, the couple endured a six-year-long road to parenthood that included health issues for each of them in addition to their fertility struggles.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Fall in Michigan means less and less daylight as the season goes on and for many that signals the start of seasonal mental health struggles, though coping strategies can help, experts say.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some other areas of your life that could experience big changes are around creative endeavors, children or hobbies.
    Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • There is little doubt that this is a rapidly developing field and that there are tremendous upsides to be had, but at the same time, regrettably, hidden risks and outright gotchas come into these endeavors too.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And the algicide attempts may not have worked because the biomass of blue-green algae was just too large for effects to be detected.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Lifetime, Prater was 23-of-24 on those attempts that happened in the last two minutes of regulation or in overtime.
    Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Both have started games for the Astros this season, and McCullers, specifically, is a veteran who has pitched in the throes of a playoff race.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Both hindsight and foresight is 20/20 in these scenarios, but recognizing your affective arousal while caught within its throes can be decidedly tricky.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Shi seemed confident that Strand Larsen, who was keen to join Newcastle United before the deadline, will knuckle down despite Wolves rejecting two bids.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The tycoon's unannounced departure from Thailand on his private jet came after his party failed in desperate bids to dissolve the house and undermine Anutin's bloc.
    Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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