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Meanings of political ambition in English

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Usage of political ambition in English
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In the United States, political ambition is defeated by rivalries and animosities.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10: European Leaders
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Europe is about to accomplish a major economic and political ambition.
The Irish Times
3
The whole industrial system, a social aristocracy, and political ambition, blended their forces.
The Negro and the Nation / A History of American Slavery and Enf...
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These men have political ambition, and are playing to the press.
Moral
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He had too little political ambition to seek his own advancement.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 / A Magazine...
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There was no reason, in Lincoln's opinion, for concealing political ambition.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896
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Maybe he's been hiding a political ambition under that lifetime of public health work.
Independent.ie
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He has suggested that political ambition could be impacting Cordray's work as a regulator.
Reuters
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Mr Quinn has indeed had a lifetime of political ambition.
The Irish Times
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His great motive of action is political ambition; in this he is characteristically Greek.
Gorgias
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Yet another drawback to rural progress was petty political ambition.
The Foundations of Japan / Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 M...
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Twice, at least, she tried to make her love affairs serve her political ambition.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters
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Yet they remain nervous at the BJP's success in conflating religious conviction with political ambition.
The Guardian
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This is, said Mr Ruairi Quinn yesterday, the achievement of a lifetime's political ambition .
The Irish Times
15
Trump returned from Moscow fired up with political ambition.
NY Magazine
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There was nothing modest in the Mormon political ambition.
The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Y...
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Political ambition through the time
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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