high hopes
noun
: a strong feeling that something good will happen or be true
We had high hopes of winning the game.
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Set to begin in earnest until later this summer, party officials have high hopes the initiative will help the GOP regain strength in DuPage, a once Republican stronghold that has been shifting blue for years now.
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Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
There was a lingering sense of the ’50s in much of his music, especially the earlier songs, with high hopes and good times mingling through a lens of bikinis, surfboards, hot rods and young love.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Next June, the 2026 World Cup will return to the country (along with Canada and Mexico) with high hopes that the team will meet the moment.
—Kaylah Jackson, NBC news, 11 June 2025
After emerging as one of the best teams in baseball this season, the Yankees will be looking for some peripheral improvements at the trade deadline with high hopes of returning to the World Series.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
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Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
There was a lingering sense of the ’50s in much of his music, especially the earlier songs, with high hopes and good times mingling through a lens of bikinis, surfboards, hot rods and young love.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Next June, the 2026 World Cup will return to the country (along with Canada and Mexico) with high hopes that the team will meet the moment.
—Kaylah Jackson, NBC news, 11 June 2025
After emerging as one of the best teams in baseball this season, the Yankees will be looking for some peripheral improvements at the trade deadline with high hopes of returning to the World Series.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
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“High hopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20hopes. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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