heart and soul
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It goes to the heart and soul of who they are in these communities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The players put heart and soul into the game.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
"Here I am alive only in name. My heart and soul are in Gaza," he said.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
“The board came to the conclusion they were losing the heart and soul of the company,” one longtime Disney observer who was not authorized to comment publicly said at the time.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
None of them, though, yet knew that much of what they had just heard Bolles say—the very heart and soul of it—had its origins in the quiet philosophy and deep musings of the Briton.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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