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How to use the word Ambition in a Sentence? Page #5

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Narcissism is an occupational hazard for political leaders, you have to have an outsized ambition and an outsized ego to run for office.

Stanley Renshon

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I think every woman is a strong woman. I think that in the past, we've connected strength, leadership, ambition, power, as masculine traits.

Jessica Chastain

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Real cybersecurity means that your Security Operations team is consistently pen testing your network with the same stealth and sophistication as the Russian nation state, the same desperation as China’s 13th Five Year Plan, the same inexhaustible energy of the Cyber Caliphate and the same greed and ambition for monetary payoff as a seasoned cyber-criminal gang.

James Scott

added by joaquintaylor
7 years ago

With current exploration our ambition is to reach 200,000 BOE (barrel of oil equivalent) in 2020.

Director Ibrahima Diaby

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We never set out to write a love letter to California but while we were recording it we just kept finding ourselves referencing very specific California things, california has this endless energy and opportunity and hope and ambition but there's also a dark, twisted side underneath it and that's how the record feels.

Mark Hoppus

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I just figured I'd worked enough, i didn't have any great ambition. Basically, I'm a beach bum. I was married, we lived near the beach. That was enough for me.

Lois Lane

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The scale of Chinese ambition has stepped up over the past 12 months and private equity funds are keen to identify the high price payers from China.

Eamon Brabazon

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I attended the license plate auction only to win number 1. My ambition is always to be number 1.

Al Zarouni

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

He will get plenty of exposure this fall via his support for the marijuana initiative and Hillary for President, being relentlessly attacked by the NRA isn't something he needs for his personal ambition.

Dan Newman

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Michele Hanisee said. Many campaign organizers claim Gavin Newsom is heading up the effort because of political ambition. Gavin Newsom has resurrected failed policy initiatives in a too-obvious resume-builder for his governor's campaign.

Willes Lee

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

With progress on the reforms needed to support a vibrant export sector still slow, the government’s ambition to nearly double export values by 2020/21 is looking increasingly unrealistic.

Shilan Shah

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In the second half, we played with more rhythm and created more chances, we’re top of Eastern Conference and we have to show more ambition on the road. This win does us a lot of good.

Didier Drogba

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That transition to a new team and expecting someone to perform at a really high level early on into a new term is a bit of a double whammy, it's not a four-month goal. Our ambition with him is longer term.

Dave Brailsford

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In conversations I’ve had with allies in the region, nobody believes that [ Iran has ] given up their nuclear weapons ambition.

Cory Gardner

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

People are rising up to say enough of these irregularities and the Fujimori ambition of returning to power.

Jorge Rodriguez

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are confident that we will continue pursuing profitable growth, via both organic growth and the expansion of our network across our key markets, with the ambition to become a global leader in accessible luxury.

Chief Executive Daniel Lalonde

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is our ambition to slash years off the normal timeline required for a vaccine, preclinical animal studies will start imminently and we will go through the various stages of research and development that will allow us to potentially enter the clinic next year.

Nicholas Jackson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The nuclear industry as a whole needs to develop a more robust ambition to take the initiative in cyberspace and to fund the promotion and fostering of a culture of cyber security, determining investment priorities and ensuring that sufficient and sustained funding is allocated to effective responses to the challenge. It also needs to establish an international cyber security risk management strategy and encourage the free flow of information between all stakeholders, this will require the industry to develop appropriate mechanisms and coordinated plans of action to address the technical shortfalls identified, as well as to find the right balance between regulation and personal responsibility.

Chatham House

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It has been a transparent strategy on the part of Republicans to play on people’s anxieties, to target religious minorities to advance their political ambition.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In Washington, Senator Paul has put his own ambition ahead of Kentuckians and is behind policies that would hurt Kentucky families, he voted for a plan that would double healthcare costs for our seniors and supports privatizing Social Security. He supported massive cuts of over $160 billion to our military, and Senator Paul signed a pledge to protect tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.

Jim Gray

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We're competing with companies that have developed products for other markets, as we get to this level of quality and product design, we will be able to be competitive globally... Our ambition is to be a global player.

Tim Leverton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Our ambition is to win even if it will take time.

Carlos Ghosn

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

She was really hardworking, always had drive and ambition to get things done and make sure she provided for us.

Daleshontai Tate

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Here in Paris, let's secure an agreement that builds in ambition, where progress paves the way for regularly updated targets.

President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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