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Noun
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Throughout many revealing conversations, the braggadocious zeal of Poseidon and Zeus, the sexy aloofness of Aphrodite and Dionysus, and the sniveling bitchery of Hermes and Hypnos were endearing, but all gave way to flawed people who grew deeply over time.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025 -
The archetype is, of course, familiar—but Hawke imbues each of these characters with infectious zeal and a solemn, even sacred, severity.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Here, with a flinty gaze and revolutionary fervor, Taylor casts maternal instinct to the winds.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Prayers for an end to slavery were signed by tens of thousands of citizens from the Northern states, many of whom were women galvanized by the evangelical fervor of the Second Great Awakening.—
Time,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Paul’s father is the righteous wrath of society, looking down on his son’s fecklessness with the zealotry of an irascible Fox News addict who doesn’t see any value at all in arts funding.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
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Khamenei’s zealotry is very unlikely to outlive him in Iran’s highest echelons of power.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2025
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Warren Buffett’s one-time favorite yardstick for stock market valuations has climbed to an all-time high, reviving fears that investors are once again testing the limits of market exuberance.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2025
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The kind of focus and skill required to push a car with this capability to the limit may prompt most owners to at least trust the ECU a little, maybe in VTC mode 1 or 2, so that such exuberances never outweigh a consideration for safety.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The fight scenes display mere curiosity about the sport but no enthusiasm for it or insight into its inner dimensions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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Subsequent drops—which happened in September 2024 and April 2025–were met with similar enthusiasm, causing certain stores to enforce purchasing limits.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Zealousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zealousness. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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