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Aspire to jump with energy (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hope

'aspire to' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'jump with energy' is the wordplay.
'jump' becomes 'hop' (hopping is a kind of jumping).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'hop'+'e'='HOPE'

(Other definitions for hope that I've seen before include "Bob --, US comic" , "Trust" , "Cross your fingers" , "Anticipation" , "Feeling of expectation or desire" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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