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[spir-it] / ˈspɪr ɪt /




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Still, there’s real value in leaving home and finding a place to listen — not simply hear, but listen —alongside strangers who love the art and spirit of music as much as you do.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

But having to hold your breath for long periods while battling with short sticks at the bottom of a pool builds a unique team spirit, Malaysian player Hui Chin Teoh told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

As the talk flies and arguments re-emerge, a vital era of Black political and artistic liberation suddenly materializes in a packed living room — as if waiting to be evoked by a shared spirit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

It's far from the "omotenashi" spirit - Japan's whole-hearted hospitality that is almost an art form - they might have wanted to showcase.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The spirit circles were resumed, and participants in both rooms heard tapping, “similar to the sounds heard in the telegraph office.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Perhaps it was meant to lift spirits after Newcastle's underwhelming start to the season.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

"He was always the guy who kept everybody's spirits up," she told CBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

That added to concerns about the whole AI-tech complex, but Nvidia chief Jensen Huang on Thursday lifted spirits by defending the company and its health.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Full steam ahead. I’m in great spirits and ready to make the most of this off-season.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

If they refused, the spirits would leave in twenty minutes.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

I told him I was planning to be more like my spirited grandmother, who had never apologized for her age and lived to be 94.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"They're very spirited, and you get the tribalism, so it's the closest thing we have to European football fanbases," Dubiski told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Our country has a long and famous history of spirited disputations and political acrimony; it is both a blessing and a curse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Ms. would become known for spirited, frank coverage of subjects that were typically only spoken about quietly: workplace and domestic inequalities, domestic violence, homosexuality, racism, date rape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Students need to be uplifted and spirited to add to the quality of their successful program.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“You can be in a sort of magpie mode where you’re always looking for things to use, and spiriting those things back to your creative process,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

“He was going to retire a very wealthy man, but because he wanted more, what he’s going to be known for from now on is spiriting himself away from Japan by hiding in a box.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

It has carried out spectacular missions such as hunting down Arab enemies through Europe, capturing Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann and, with agents disguised as scuba diving instructors, spiriting Ethiopian Jews out to Israel.

From Reuters ● Aug. 1, 2023

L’Avant-Garde wastes zero time spiriting patrons across the pond.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

“The Reds say you’re charging ’em with spiriting away the old man’s daughter.”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright


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