achieve

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Blockaders even developed a legal argument to justify their actions, drawing on the common law defense of necessity, which allows someone to break a law to achieve a greater moral good.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

And while the sale resulted in a significant profit on the original purchase price, the property did not manage to achieve its very lofty initial asking price of $2.9 million.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Stirred into potato salad, it contributes not only seasoning but a subtle lactic tang that would otherwise require additional ingredients to achieve.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Roughly half of drivers, mostly staff from the Aslef drivers' union, will turn up to work, having labelled the proposals "exactly the sort of deal every trade union should be trying to achieve".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Or the people could have united in larger and more disciplined social units for the sake of ambitious group efforts that no loosely organized tribal society would have been able to achieve.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson