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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ambition lies" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the nature or location of ambition, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "In the heart of every successful entrepreneur, ambition lies waiting to be unleashed."
Alternatives: "ambition resides" or "ambition exists".
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Their ambition lies elsewhere".
And so much of Mr Xi's ambition lies elsewhere.
Ambition lies at the heart of the Louis Vuitton brand.
The work's ambition lies in its closer than usual integration of live and filmed dance.
But settling on one sound isn't where the pair's ambition lies.
The detritus of artistic ambition lies all over Hollywood like a wreckage of broken dreams.
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In fact, the record is clear that — whatever ambition lay in his breast — his is a personality, and his art is of a nature, that makes it difficult to chase popular approval or sanction.
If success has brought her into the 30 percent, Ms. Perez made it clear that her roots — and part of her motivation behind her political ambition — lay in the 70 percent group.
The biggest challenge to Mr. Chavez's grandiose ambitions lies at home.
In geo-strategic terms, Washington's desire to manage if not contain China's ambitions lies behind the rapprochement with India begun by the Bush administration.
Pockriss's ambitions lay in musical theatre.
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