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Which ancient hero accomplished the Twelve Labors?

accomplish

[uh-kom-plish] / əˈkɒm plɪʃ /


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Cells normally accomplish this through what is known as a disulfide reductase system.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

That’s an extraordinary thing for a television series to accomplish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

And it means recognizing that slowing America’s most responsible developers will accomplish little if dangerous actors continue moving ahead.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Whatever the assignment was supposed to accomplish, it did not appease the man it was designed to flatter.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

“If you don’t think about it now, when will you have time? You have to get clear on what you want to accomplish in Rio before you get there.”

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

Like all Fed Chairmen, Mr. Warsh will be judged on whether he accomplishes the fundamental duty of regaining and maintaining stable prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Being more intentional about your job search accomplishes two goals.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

Part of the issue is that much of the good that a president accomplishes occurs during the first year of a term—and is immediately priced in.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

However, this tax no longer accomplishes what it once did.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2025

The only thing he accomplishes is an entirely new sort of map—the city of Imola as seen from above, drawn in perfect proportion.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

You could see the logic of him not playing wing-back against the accomplished Swiss, but no such threat exists against North Macedonia.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

On Saturday the San Francisco Chronicle endorsed Scott Wiener as “arguably the nation’s most accomplished state legislator.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

There’s a term for this: the pratfall effect, named for a 1966 psychological experiment which found that highly accomplished people become more appealing to others when they make minor screwups.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Though Liniger continued to live with significant paralysis on her left side after the plane wreck, she learned to play golf with one arm immobilized in a sling and became an accomplished one-armed golfer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

What struck him now was the realization that, in a winding and utterly unpredictable way, he might have accomplished his goal.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

“I feel confident we’re accomplishing both of those goals.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

"Given the critical shortage of air defense missiles from our partners, our warriors are accomplishing truly incredible things," Zelensky said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

“What is keeping Tesla back from accomplishing these short-term goals that they’ve set for themselves?”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Buffett was an enthusiastic supporter of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, stating in 2006 he "greatly" admired what it was accomplishing and promised to make yearly donations.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Or was there something mixed up in their blood, maybe in their brains too, which made them capable of accomplishing prodigious feats, which seemed beyond the capability of even the best among us?

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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