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So it is with Maddie, an extremely online Los Angeles striver, blond tendrils of hair hanging in her face along with the need, deep in her eyes, to become a food influencer.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

I’m the first to admit that it hasn’t been easy saying goodbye to the career striver I have been for more than five decades.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

I should mention that the saintly striver is all the while giving support to a former prostitute, hoping to open a hospital and enduring a lung condition with a terminal prognosis.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2024

We first got to know Santos as a man who fabricated his entire biography, ostensibly to present himself as an electorally viable striver.

From Slate Nov. 16, 2023

He was himself a striver, and he sought to instill that ethos in the school.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove