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Which ancient hero accomplished the Twelve Labors?

accomplish

[uh-kom-plish] / Ι™ΛˆkΙ’m plΙͺΚƒ /


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To accomplish this, the researchers arranged optical components with repeating spectral responses in a sequence.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The talking heads are all too willing to critique Hurts and others like Kyrie Irving and Angel Reese, only to eat crow each time they accomplish something on the field or on the court.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

"The team who work on the show bring energy and creativity and a fresh look at our TV offer. I am extremely proud of what they continue to accomplish."

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“The sadness is we just didn’t accomplish our goal,” Muncy said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The thought made him deliriously happy, mostly because he hadn’t thought it possible for Dimple’s hard edges to be softened at all, let alone that he’d be the one to accomplish it.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Use of the market path accomplishes at least two things that are important to Warsh: It preserves market signals and it gets the Fed out of forward interest-rate guidance.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The move, in essence, accomplishes the goal originally set out by the administration’s $100,000 levy on H-1B visas for foreign professionals, which caused a panic in Silicon Valley last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

This isn’t meant to reduce Bertei’s work or what she accomplishes; it’s meant to point out that this is how it should actually happen all of the time, but rarely does.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 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

But when one of his precious sports teams accomplishes something, he has the banner made professionally, rolled up, and revealed in dramatic fashion in front of six hundred cheering kids.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

However, that same make-or-break standard hasn’t been applied to many of Hurts’ peers, even those who have accomplished less than Hurts.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

If his aim was to show what Spurs have been missing, this was very much mission accomplished.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Whenever a teammate needs a pep talk McKennah Iamaleava is quick to give it — a skill one learns growing up in a family full of accomplished athletes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

"He said that together we have accomplished extraordinary things... But there is still a mission to complete."

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

It’s later in the summer—for the more accomplished students, she told me.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

Right now, rates in the current range of 3.75% to 4% don’t seem to be accomplishing that, Harker said on CNBC.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

He spoke about his many fixed footballing principles but believes the route to accomplishing those ideas must be shaped by the players at his disposal.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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

The recent flurry of activity pales in comparison to what unions were accomplishing in their 1950s heyday and the decades following.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

While Shepherd didn’t play chess, he admired the idea of Bobby Fischer and what he was accomplishing.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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