as in overambitiousness
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Recent Examples of killer instinct
However, some cats lack the killer instincts typical of predators.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Paul Mescal can't seem to shake his Gladiator II killer instincts.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
This deadly drop combines mutant healing factor with killer instincts to bring you five ferocious cards inspired by the X-Men’s most relentless member, including an all-new, legendary Wolverine card.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Thorne also shows killer instincts in his first feature as a director.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Paul Mescal can't seem to shake his Gladiator II killer instincts.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
This deadly drop combines mutant healing factor with killer instincts to bring you five ferocious cards inspired by the X-Men’s most relentless member, including an all-new, legendary Wolverine card.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Thorne also shows killer instincts in his first feature as a director.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for killer instinct
Noun
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Its presence is significant, because, unlike pollen, starch is generally not found in the soil in which the items were buried. Starch remnants on the tools indicates crushing or grinding — providing evidence that the early hominids used the tools akin to a Stone-Age Cuisinart.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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The yams are roasted, then tossed in potato starch and fried.—
Kaitlyn Rosati,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2025
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The grits are thick and cheesy and come with tasso ham and creole sauce.—
Caitlin Morton,
AFAR Media,
27 Jan. 2025
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If possible, replace rock salt with salt-free deicers or swap out some of the salt for salt-free grit, such as sand, gravel, sawdust, or kitty litter.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2025
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Socorro’s social nature, her spunk and her adaptability were likely rooted in her early childhood experiences tagging along with her father to bullfights and bars.—
Erica Zora Wrightson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2025
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His spunk and verve have attracted comedian Nikki Glaser who dropped by to cheer him on.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2024
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The beauty community in Los Angeles has a lot of grit and gumption—a lot of very smart and savvy people who are business-minded as well as artistically-minded.—
Allure Editors,
Allure,
17 Jan. 2025
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Alice and Leo also show the kind of gumption that suggests spycraft runs in the bloodline.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The opening acoustic guitar plucks get reasonable low-mid resonance and sound reasonably full while conveying string texture in the higher frequencies.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
27 Jan. 2025
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So when her bogus application is accepted into NASA’s super competitive astronaut training program, Rex needs luck and plenty of pluck to avoid elimination.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
2 July 2024
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Nordic sweaters were everywhere over the first festival weekend, as patrons got into the spirit of things.—
David Allen Jenn Ackerman,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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The spirit of pop from all three cities has made its way into its DNA.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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The announcement came at the same time as President Donald Trump’s introduction of Stargate, an AI infrastructure initiative involving SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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But by late afternoon, a federal judge temporarily blocked the push from Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
28 Jan. 2025
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Graham Phillips, recalling this expansion—before there was a Design Board or a corporate partner—described an office a little strained by growth, and, in his view, by Ken Shuttleworth’s self-reliance.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The secret lies in shifting your mindset and cultivating self-reliance.—
Maha Abouelenein,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Killer instinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killer%20instinct. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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