heart and soul
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It didn’t hurt that Smith gave the performance of a lifetime, putting her heart and soul into the melodramatic contradictions of the character, antagonizing Arnold one second and swooning over him the next.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
"There's so much passion, so much heart and soul and tradition bound up with these jobs."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Instead she poured her heart and soul into her philanthropy - like her Imagination Library, which sent free books to children around the world, or her work helping to fund the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
It goes to the heart and soul of who they are in these communities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
And it was his silence, his long pause while he digested this information, that filled the hallway and my heart and soul with such a great whooshing pressure that I couldn’t breathe.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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