Aspiring to
Want and aspiring to are semantically related. in desire strongly topic. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a verb "Aspiring to".
Want
Want verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.
Aspiring to and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aspiring to" instead a verb "Want".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Interestingly, though this group means well, anyone aspiring to power (even if they want to share it) is inevitably misguided if not outright evil, because a muggle should Never Be a Hero.
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Status Quo Is God: This is in fact a very important plot pointNoelle who throughout the whole series was aspiring to become an angel for her loved one, upon gaining her much-awaited wings decides she doesn't really want to be an angel anymore.
Source: Anime / I'm Gonna Be an Angel! -
If you want to know what the story is about you should really head over to the manga's page, but the gist of it is that the main character (Naruto) is a ninja aspiring to earn the Hokage ("fire shadow") title, or in other words, become the leader of his village.
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